Copyright laws are confusing, and where is the legal "teeth" to back up the laws. If designers have all of the quilters thrown in jail for violations, then who will buy their patterns. The way I look at it when you buy the pattern, the designer has control over the pattern itself from people photo copying their product, but controlzing the quilt that is made from the pattern is crazy, as long as you are not claiming the design. I do feel for the designers as they are trying to make a business just like everyone else. That is why when someone asks me for a copy of a pattern, I just politely give them the name of the pattern and where they can buy it themselves.