Originally Posted by
madamekelly
Based on this post, I guess I should not have gifted any of those quilt patterns I have sent to secret pals and secret santas. I wonder how many of them sent money to the pattern maker? How about the patterns I have used in the past, and gifted the quilts, or sold the quilts? Good thing I have given up using patterns as of today, so no one copy anything I post from now on, okay? I am so glad I can make my own patterns, so I will no longer be breaking any laws. Anyone want a huge pile of patterns, or am I required to burn them?
you need not worry.
as long as you gave or sold the original patterns and did not make copies to keep for your own use, you are well within the law.
as to whether or not one can legally sell a quilt made from a copyright protected pattern, i am personally a bit fuzzy.
unless they caught somebody mass producing the quilts i think they'd have a hard time getting past the first-use clause. my amateur decision would be to include the price of the pattern in the final cost of the quilt and send that pattern along with the quilt. the quilt customer has purchased the pattern. her "personal use" was to have somebody else make it.
the only grounds that might stand up in court [in my amateur mind] are that by purchasing the pattern, a person has agreed to whatever absurd terms of use the designer/publisher put in print. so, as others have already advised, the wise course of action is to not buy patterns with absurd terms of use.