I agree. And it sounds like we are right. When you really get into the wording some of the designers use, they're basically telling or asking you not to sell their designs and it's sort of silly to do that. (And kind of ignorant.)
Now, I totally agree that you can't photocopy a pattern and, say, give it to your quilt guild, b/c that WOULD be copyright infringement. But if you make a quilt for each member of your quilt guild using a pattern, THAT is fine. And it seems like a lot of pattern designers are saying you can't do that. Some of them also say that you can't take a picture of a quilt made with their pattern and put it on a blog or whatever. (That looks to be a bit more of a gray area, however- the photo part is not covered by the "useful item" clause.)
Interesting reading, huh? I hope nothing like that happens to me. It's unlikely, b/c I just have a small blog and I rarely use patterns anyway, but it's fun to read about all the drama that happens to other folks.