I had a friend who was constantly copying patterns for another friend. We worked at a LQS & she would do this when the boss wasn't there. I asked her to please not do that in front of me because it put me in a really bad position. Her response was that she just considered it "sharing". So I asked her if she saw a homeless person on the street, would she go in to the local supermarket, grab a loaf of bread, a pkg of bologne, pkg of cheese & some mayo & walk out the door & give it to the homeless person w/out paying for it. She got this really appalled look on her face & very adamently said "NO!" I then asked her why she felt it was okay to "share" the property of a quilt designer when she wouldn't share the property of a supermarket owner. I don't know if she stopped doing this, but at least she didn't do it in front of me any more.