Am I a dunce or what? I don't understand. You make the copy and keep if for personal use. You can't sell the printed copy. Can you actually sell anything?
If I download a pattern, can I sell it. I have always thought that I COULD NOT. I'll have to sleep on that one and then read it again.[/quote]
NO you can not Sell a photocopied, scanned & printed, or Downloaded pattern!
You can photo copy a pattern for my personal use, but can not sell it! This is called a "working" pattern. Especially for patterns like Makenna Ryan, so you have a reference should you lose a piece or mess it up! I NEVER cut up the original patterns!
When I finish using my "working" copy, it gets shredded! I will never make 2 of the same quilt!
Now if it is a quilt I give as a gift, I will use the photocopy FRONT of the pattern(the picture page) to give the new owner so if anyone wants to know what pattern was used, they will know! BUT the rest of the pattern gets shredded!
I give a lot of talks to guilds and EXT office clubs about Copyright..here in Rural OK..it usually falls on deaf ears! BUT, as a pattern designer myself and being friends with many in the industry, I do know where they are coming from.
Having said that, I still will not buy any pattern from a designer who claims that I can not sell the item I made using that pattern!