A recent Copyright Issue
 

This is most interesting reading. It is a statement from the fabric designer involved recently with the quilt designer/ book/tote bag situation. It certainly sheds light on several aspects of the case and a welcome statement from the fabric designer.

http://katespaindesigns.blogspot.mx/...g-forward.html

Thanks for sharing. Very informative.

Much has been said about this in other posts. About a month ago, Leah Day wrote an article, "Copyright Terrorism", about this very situation. I think that Leah covers it quite well:

http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...terrorism.html

I personally will not be purchasing any of

A very interesting read. There is always two sides to every story and a fine hair in between, most usually.

Both are interesting articles.

Very interesting and informative! Thanks for sharing!

Kate Spain makes it sound like they used kid gloves. Her lawyers were more like hungry tigers ready to destroy anything in their path. Yes, there are two sides to any story, and Kate Spain makes herself look like she's an innocent dove. I won't be buying any of her fabrics because I think they were too aggressive and sought to be overly damaging to the company and to the author of the book in question.

Very interesting information. The link to Leah Day took me to a very interesting TED talk about copyright.

Thank you for posting.

I am not creative. Without creative people who sell their designs for others to use, I would not be quilting. Thanks, Holice for this addition to our understanding.

I think everyone wants to make money however they can. Beats the heck out of making it honestly, bullies are everywhere. I only give my quilts away. If they don't like it let them come and get me.

As for me, all this copyright talk has soured my thoughts on what I will or won't do with what I create from whatever fabrics I spent hard-earned dollars on, not to mention all the hours it takes to make those creations. I know who I personally would side with, but I won't give that opinion. The more and more that I read it is easy to sway your thinking one way or the other. I happened to just read this morning the links from oregonpatchworks.com at the very bottom of their home page, regarding copyrights. Takes you to the most recent legalities of all this. I prefer this over all the ranting on select links. Also like many, I prefer basic and simple do's and don'ts and whys instead of all the complaining and ranting. Total turnoff and waste of my time. I am not referring to any comments made on this board.
Thank goodness we are allowed to agree or disagree. It is our choice to purchase the fabrics or not and to peruse online sites that teach us how they do things regarding quilting.

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