Old 10-29-2019, 09:48 AM
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Personal use really has nothing to do with copyright infringement. Mass marketing is a separate issue. If you copy someone else's original design (note that this must be an original design) then you need to have their permission.

One of the little known and usually disregarded facts about copyright is that you are technically required to get a pattern designer's permission before exhibiting a quilt made from their original design and pattern. Most designers freely give permission, and I haven't heard of any that complained if permission was not given, but you are technically still required to ask.

If the original painting is a masterpiece like Starry Night or the Mona Lisa, it is obviously not under copyright protection, which has a limited time span.
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