I rarely buy magazines in plastic sleeves. I've felt cheated too many times. There have been some cute baby quilts on the cover, but when you open it up you find it is not an applique pattern but a purchased panel so you don't need to sew anything at all. Taking photo of patterns in the store is not right, but sharing a pattern/magazine you've purchased would be. Only one person could use it at a time. Think of a book. You read it, you give it to a friend who reads it, she give it to another friend or back to you, .... That's how a purchase works.