[/quote]... However, why is it okay then to sell it to somebody else to use AFTER you have used it? It doesn't give the creator any more money, it just basically gives you, the user, a free pattern. Just one of those things that makes you go, hmmmmm.[/quote]
Gina, it is perfectly legal to sell your copy of a book, pattern, etc. so long as you do not make a photocopy of it first. It is the reproduction of the original copy that is a violation of copyright law. Very rarely will you ever see the patterns being sold for what the original purchaser paid for it so they really wouldn't be getting a free pattern. The exceptions to this is when a popular book goes out of print and people are willing ("foolish") enough to spend way more than the book is worth to buy a copy that comes up for sale through EBay, etc.