I believe in respecting the rights of the author who created the pattern. I will lend a book to a close friend who I know will return it. My close friend who just started quilting asks for books to give her ideas of what she would like to make, then she buys the pattern she wants. I was the president of a local crafts club a few years ago. One of our members passed away, another member called her daughter and asked for all the books that her mother had gotten over the years. That was the final straw as this woman is a brash, arrogant, self serving person and to call and ask for something that she had no right to was, to me, an unthinkable act. I resigned as president and as a member of the club. I wanted no more part of a group that would tolerate such a person. Okay so it was a simple act, but this woman has more money than most of the members and can easily buy whatever she wants. So, after more information than you asked for; I don't believe in giving copies of patterns to people. If someone likes a particular pattern and it is still in print then they can buy it themselves. Most of my friends respect the rights of the artist who created the pattern or wrote the book and that is as it should be.