Originally Posted by
oldbalt99
Coptright infringment is not a tricky matter, yes legal, but not complicated! If a person puts in writing you may not use their pattern for sale you can't. It's the same thing with manuscripts, the exact same! No type of reasoning will make anyone using a copyright for profit legal. Ask a lawyer if you have questions!
If you copied the pattern itself, it would be the same as a manuscript. Using the pattern to create a quilt and then profit from the quilt is a whole different matter. Copyright protects the words and images in the pattern document. It does not extend to physical items produced using the words and images.