Originally Posted by ckcowl

when you purchase a magazine it is for 'PERSONAL USE' and the 'legal rules' are written out in the beginning of the magazine...just like if you take a class each student is supposed to purchase their own book/pattern- it really is NOT ok to sell patterns removed from a magazine. if turned in (or caught) the seller can in fact be faced with large fines. the only way you can sell a pattern from a magazine, book or commercial pattern is by contacting the source- receiving permission- and including that permission with the pattern- where magazines are concerned sometimes the magazine owns the rights, sometimes the designer owns the rights- and the pattern is considered FOR PERSONAL USE.