Originally Posted by
Tartan
If it is for your personal use, then I think it is a compliment.
I agree. I would be flattered if I were the person being copied. They say, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery". I have a ton of patterns/quilts copied into my file called "quilt ideas". Some of them I just love the pattern and some I really like the way they did it--and I may do something similar. Is that breaking a copyright? I don't believe so...how could it be? That would be like saying sewing some designer's jacket (instead of buying it) and copying it almost identically is somehow "wrong" (or stealing). I don't see it at all.
Edited to say, that I see that Lori S. and I were typing at the same time.