Originally Posted by
QuiltingLawyer
Just for clarification.... You do not need to get permission to display a quilt that you made from someone's pattern.
Copyright in the context of quilts, fabric arts, and patterns is for the pattern only. The actual physical pattern that you purchased. The quilt that is made from that pattern is in no way copyrighted. Quilts, like clothes, are useful items and cannot be copyrighted. Even the quilt the designer made while designing the quilt is NOT copyrighted work. Only the pattern. And even then, most do not go through the process of formally copyrighting their work.
Ok this brings up another question for me, the whole CT Pub/Emily Cier/Kate Spain debacle. I don't think I ever did hear what the final outcome of that was.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...opyright.shtml
It's my understanding that this situation only became a problem when someone started mass-producing and marketing items for profit without any kind of licensing contracts or permissions.
So how do you protect yourself and your creations if someone can take a picture of a quilt you made and have it printed on, say, a fleece blanket, then market it on Facebook? I see these types of posts on FB every day (and it drives me crazy!)