Thread: rights to sell?
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Old 01-30-2011, 06:52 AM
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gaigai
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Originally Posted by brookemarie19
Ok, on those sights I see that patterns cannot be copied and sold. I know that, but there is no where that it says whether I can sell a quilt made using their patterns. If I do, then would I need to put where that pattern was gotten from on a tag or something for these?
No, read further. No, you can't copy the pattern and sell it, but YES you can make a quilt from a pattern and sell it. Permission to do that is implied in the sale of the pattern. Read further, and check out Tabberone's messages posted here on the board:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/user_po...um=7907&page=1

In the Supreme Court ruling, Baker v Selden, 101 US 99 (1879), the court stated that a claimed copyright on "patterns for cutting dresses and basques for ladies, and coats, jackets" was "printed and published for information, and not for use in themselves" and the copyright owner could not control the making of the clothing items.
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