Copying patterns --- again
10-11-2009, 07:00 PM
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I'm sure this must have been discussed, too, at some point but I didn't see it so I'll ask.
What about if you buy a pattern for a quilt (or whatever), sew one for yourself, and then decide to make more, to sell? Does anyone know what the law has to say about this?
What about if you buy a pattern for a quilt (or whatever), sew one for yourself, and then decide to make more, to sell? Does anyone know what the law has to say about this?
10-11-2009, 11:57 PM
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you can legally sell what you make from a pattern.
i don't know what the law requires, but i think most quilters include credit to the designer on the label. seems a fair and courteous thing to do.
i don't know what the law requires, but i think most quilters include credit to the designer on the label. seems a fair and courteous thing to do.
10-12-2009, 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
the topic comes up at least once a month. :lol:
i won't lock the thread as long as we're discussing copyrights and not encouraging each other to do what we wish we could but know we shouldn't ... or to pretend we don't know what we know ... and shouldn't ... or arguing about the obvious.
which we do at least once a month. :lol: :lol: :lol:
i won't lock the thread as long as we're discussing copyrights and not encouraging each other to do what we wish we could but know we shouldn't ... or to pretend we don't know what we know ... and shouldn't ... or arguing about the obvious.
which we do at least once a month. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Even free patterns that you can find on the net have copyright which I find a bit peculiar. :? You can use the pattern yourself, you can post the link on a forum or send the link to someone else but you CAN'T send the actual pattern. Can someone explain the logic of this? :shock:
10-12-2009, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by k3n
Originally Posted by PatriceJ
the topic comes up at least once a month. :lol:
i won't lock the thread as long as we're discussing copyrights and not encouraging each other to do what we wish we could but know we shouldn't ... or to pretend we don't know what we know ... and shouldn't ... or arguing about the obvious.
which we do at least once a month. :lol: :lol: :lol:
i won't lock the thread as long as we're discussing copyrights and not encouraging each other to do what we wish we could but know we shouldn't ... or to pretend we don't know what we know ... and shouldn't ... or arguing about the obvious.
which we do at least once a month. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Even free patterns that you can find on the net have copyright which I find a bit peculiar. :? You can use the pattern yourself, you can post the link on a forum or send the link to someone else but you CAN'T send the actual pattern. Can someone explain the logic of this? :shock:
10-12-2009, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Duh! Me! My neighbor is an attorney that does copyright stuff. I asked him about the magazine. He said if I couldn't sleep at night for making a copy of a few pages from a magazine then send the magazine publisher a check for the cost of one magazine. He then dropped his trash in the can and asked me about his roses. 8)
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10-12-2009, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Bayou Quilter
I often look online or in mags for inspiration, copy pics, then create something similar. Would that be a copyright problem?
10-12-2009, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
you can legally sell what you make from a pattern.
i don't know what the law requires, but i think most quilters include credit to the designer on the label. seems a fair and courteous thing to do.
i don't know what the law requires, but i think most quilters include credit to the designer on the label. seems a fair and courteous thing to do.
The reason I bring this up was that about a decade or so ago, when I did lots of craft shows, I had some fabric designed by Debbie Mumm, that I was using for my items. And I contacted her company to ask if it was okay to sell products made from her designer fabrics. What I was told was that I could, as long as it was only myself that was employed in the sewing of the items, and as long as I did not use her name at all in the advertising of the items. This was so that I did not capitalize on the use of her good name.
Granted, this pertains to the use of fabric, not a pattern, but it might be that in the eyes of the law (or some lawyers) the ideas could be quite the same.
Just my two cents (which might not even be worth that much)...
10-13-2009, 09:05 AM
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There is a company out there that states right on their website & pattern that making items for sale with their pattern violates copyright policy. I contacted them personally about making & selling their totes, wallets & purses for charity was no told a definite no. I use patterns that say they can be made to sell (usually they put a limit like 50-100 otherwise it's a business) or contact the company. Better safe then sorry.
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