Originally Posted by Dodie
I use to agree with all copy rights but now find it very hard as I have been quilting for years and this is what I am finding look at the people out there who takes a persons pattern and does a spin off and sells it one of the biggest was Bethany Reynolds Stack and Whack then along comes what's her name and does one blok wonder same quilt same everything but with a twist anotther one was Sarah Nephews
quick baby blocks and I could go on and on so what is with this copy rights only for certain people
You cannot copyright an idea or a technique, but you can copyright the way in which it is expressed. That is why photocopying someone else's work and passing it on is unethical and illegal. Developing patterns and writing a book based on a technique for making something is completely different.
BTW, stack and whack quilts have never appealed to me, but I am captivated by the OBW. There is obviously a big difference in how the stacking technique is used by the different authors, which is why the OBW books have been successful. (Please don't throw rocks because I don't like the stack and whack - I have seen some beautiful ones, just have no desire to make them...yet.)