Originally Posted by dunster
Originally Posted by stitchinwitch
Speaking of copywrites - patterns and designs that I have saved from the 50's and 60's - I got them from magazines, etc. Can they be copied and sold now? I saw someone from ebay selling patterns that I just copied from the internet - the ebay people said it was OK, and the original publisher didn't think it was a problem-------- that really confused me! ya know, making $$$ from a published magazine! A CURRENT magazine at that!
Are they actually selling copies of the patterns, rather than old magazine issues?
They were copying the pattern FROM the magazine, and selling it on ebay.