"Sharing patterns" - i'm in a quandry!
#62
It is perfectly legal to loan a pattern, sell a pattern, or give a pattern to anyone you choose...if it is the original pattern.
What is not legal is to reproduce a pattern (i.e., make another copy of it) and then loan-sell-give that copy to someone (or for you to keep the copy and loan-sell-give the original away). You can, of course, make templates for your own use. You just can't turn one pattern into two.
Just tell the friend that you will loan her the pattern when you are done with it. Simple really, and perfectly legit.
What is not legal is to reproduce a pattern (i.e., make another copy of it) and then loan-sell-give that copy to someone (or for you to keep the copy and loan-sell-give the original away). You can, of course, make templates for your own use. You just can't turn one pattern into two.
Just tell the friend that you will loan her the pattern when you are done with it. Simple really, and perfectly legit.
#64
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
So I have to ask. What is the difference between someone "sharing" a pattern and someone selling a used pattern here on QB? The only difference is that the original purchaser gets a few $$ but not anyone else in the loop.
#66
Just a note on patterns and copyrights. Let's put it in a different context. Say you buy a car or a couch or anything for that matter. Someone had to be the designer and no one "shares," or gives kudos to his/her when you purchase do they? Why, all of a sudden have these pattern designers stepped up and want a cut? They are paid from the get-go and once it goes on the market, that is it. Yes, I can see giving their name as the pattern used, but it ends there. If we are to go by their "copyright," rules then, we must give kudos to the designer of the clothes we wear, the car we drive, the farmers that grow our food, etc. This whole entire subject has gotten out of hand. Our Mother's made our clothes and not one single time was there a pattern designer that got a "cut," of the clothes made, nor the fabric designers. Let's give this topic a rest; please. Thank you, GiGi
#67
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Perry, Iowa
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If you have an extension table for your machine you can lay a
light under it and use it as a "light table". I have had a similiar problem with a friend who is quick to want to share what I purchased but never offers to share and I am finally
deciding not to be the generous one anymore. MY friend is
usually looking for fabric instead of patterns.
light under it and use it as a "light table". I have had a similiar problem with a friend who is quick to want to share what I purchased but never offers to share and I am finally
deciding not to be the generous one anymore. MY friend is
usually looking for fabric instead of patterns.
#69
Originally Posted by DJ
If she just said "we" could start tracing it, she may have just meant she'd help you. She may not have been assuming she'd get a copy. When you're done with the pattern, I would think you could loan it to her (the original pattern) without infringing on the copyright.
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