Originally Posted by
Peckish
You missed a big part of the discussion. The copyright covers the instructions on how to make the blocks. You can't copy and distribute someone else's instructions. However, you can write up your own instructions on how to make a block.
Actually I agree with you 100% Peggi.......you cannot steal/copy/resell/plagiarize someone else's written copyrighted work...but if you read the original article in question, i think you will have to admit that the assertion being put forth is that if you make a quilt that someone else has sold a pattern for - whether you change the colors not - you MUST give credit / financial reimbursement to that person or you are violating the copyright. I disagree with this premise basis US copyright law - that was my point.