I think that there are 2 distinct questions that I have - and I am not a lawyer - but, I have always thought that a design has to formally copyrighted (and then has the right to use the copyright symbol) to dictate exclusive ownership. Is this Right?
Then is my next thought/statement right?
Just because someone who creates a design pattern or fabric (and somewhere along the line the design is plagerized as I don't think there is a new quilt design that someone hasn't already done) and says that you can't copy or reproduce or sell something that you "created" from her/his pattern gives legal or moral ground to just her wishes. They did not make the effort to copyright their pattern/design legally.
Last edited by nhweaver; 04-13-2012 at 10:09 AM.