quilt patterns are no different than others once I purchase a pattern it is mine to do as I please loan it ---give it away or sell it what is illegal is to make copies and sell those would you buy a car and be told no one else could drive it or you could not go across the state line there is really lots of people out there taking other peoples patterns changing them some and they are the ones putting on the stiff copyrights one for instance is Stack and Whack by Bethany Reynolds then along comes someone and made one block wonder I know took classes on both same pattern just different settings so that makes me wonder about these copyrights but I do agree that it is illegal to copy one sell but to loan I see nothing wrong with it if there was the libraries would be out of business it would be just as illegal to loan other books