Even from a law prospective 'original' designs in quilting are 'iffy' about copyrights...There are very few true 'originals' when it comes to traditional pieced quilting. Perhaps a variation, or a special color palette, but not anything that could warrant a true copyright. There is a spot online with 'free' patterns and it drives me bonkers to see some of them marked as 'original' when all that has been done is to set a traditional pattern like churn & dash on point an give it a special color scheme and a new name! And I'm suppose to ask permission and give credit on my quilt label...sorry that doesn't count as "original" when it comes to copyright.