Originally Posted by
Christine-
I think it's overkill, but that's my opinion. I can't think of any better way to discourage quilters from sharing their talents. I've been sewing for 38 years and in all that time I haven't seen one lawsuit, complaint or even a nasty letter by a fabric company because their name wasn't included as the maker of a fabric someone used.
There was a dust up recently where exactly that happened, but it was the fabric designer. The designer's fabric was used in such a way that it landed in the gray area where she and her lawyers felt it was infringement, and the book publisher felt it was fair use. Google Carolina Patchworks and copyright and you should find some interesting reading. It's been settled, fortunately.
Most quilters don't need to worry about it unless we're publishing a book, using a designer's collection for the quilt projects, and making plastic tote bags from a picture of the resulting quilt.
Janet