Originally Posted by
Onebyone
The designer I talked to said it didn't matter if one person or twenty wanted to make and sell twenty quilts of one pattern. Twenty patterns should be bought. One for each quilt made. This gives the designer her due from each quilt sold but not mass produced. That would require a different contract. I could make and give away as many as I wanted from one pattern but not sell them. If in doubt contact the designer if it is a published pattern.
The designer/originator/publisher has no say in what you do with something once you purchase it as long as you do not infringe on the copyright. The copyright applies to the product he/she is selling - a pattern. You cannot make copies of the pattern and give them away or sell them. He/she owns that. They do not own what you do with it. They get their money for a pattern, that's it. They don't get to tell you how to use their product. It's now yours to burn, sell or plaster it on the wall. It's yours to do with as you please - as long as you don't make copies of it to sell or give away.
Again, it's the paper that is copyrighted. The copyright does not extend to what you do with the copyrighted item.
bkay