Originally Posted by
leatheflea
Did you gals now that Diane is a member of this board?
Does it matter if she is a member of this board? If anything, I think she'd be grateful to get the feedback. Not only are her copyright "rules" inaccurate, but they are also turning off potential customers. I'm certainly not going to purchase anything from her. She should really talk to a copyright lawyer (and also learn the difference between a patent, a copyright, and licensed use) and pay the lawyer to write up the true copyright protection. This accurate summation of copyright laws should be published with each of her patterns in addition to being posted on her website, and she should really consult a PR rep as well.
And it is ridiculous to demand that no one gives her pattern away (by this I mean physically give your legally purchased copy) or resells it to a friend (non-commercially). If this were really the law, then no one could buy books at yard sales. Or for that matter, I couldn't buy her pattern to give as a gift.
The useful item made from a pattern is not copyrightable, regardless of what the pattern companies want to try to tell you.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm married to a lawyer. And I asked him about this because I'm looking at trying to sell my own patterns at some point. His response? Get a copyright lawyer.