Originally Posted by
lillybeck
To me I feel that if it was published then the copyright was no longer valid. Once you make something pubic then it is yours to do with as you please. Telling you not to sell on Etsy because she sells it on there is like you telling me not to sell my stove in a yard sale because you have a stove in a yardsale, Just my thoughts.
The reason someone gets a copyright is so they can publish it and gain income from it. Think of an author.