Originally Posted by Feathers
Hi Boo:
I took a quilt class to learn how to make a table runner. The pattern was published in a quilt book . I have been asked for the pattern and would like to share it but don't know if I'd be violating the copyright laws or rules. Can you help me?
Feathers
F,
Always put yourself in the shoes of the person designing the art (which a pattern is). Would you like it if somoeone took your work and gave it away free or even sold it without your knowledge, without paying you for YOUR work? In some case, the artist might not care. But that judgement is for you the consumer, to find out before you spread the copywrite work around.
Now if you find the work in a book long out of print, you might be able to justify this yourself.
If you feel uncomfortable, it's probably not right. Send a photo of the quilt runner, send photo of the blocks involved, send a note telling what the measurements are. Let the person on the receiving end work out the pattern themselves. No copywrite infringement there.
tim in san jose