Patterns from Magazines
11-22-2013, 06:26 PM
#51
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Originally Posted by SueSew
Hohoho I had just the same thought. I don't know how much a quilting mag costs, but if it is $10 and there are 10 patterns written up in it and you sell each one for $10 by cutting the pattern out of the mag, then cheerio to you, you just made $90! Sell them for $5 then you made $40.
Of course you have to go to all the trouble of cutting them up and listing them on Ebay. So maybe deduct whatever you think your time is worth from the gross profit, and however much the mailing is, unless of course you charge postal.
No different than selling the whole magazine, the way people do at yard sales hawking old National Geographics.
Of course you have to go to all the trouble of cutting them up and listing them on Ebay. So maybe deduct whatever you think your time is worth from the gross profit, and however much the mailing is, unless of course you charge postal.
No different than selling the whole magazine, the way people do at yard sales hawking old National Geographics.
My time is valuable so I tore the patterns I wanted from the magazines I had, stored them in a notebook and just tossed the rest. Sure felt good trashing all those ads and saving storage space. Now I have stopped subscribing to magazines, got tired of paying big bucks for countless pages of advertisements. Guess I can buy what I want on eBay, a win, win, situation.
11-23-2013, 02:38 AM
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I think it's great. My magazines are still intact for repeated viewing at my leisure as often as I desire. Sometimes I just pull out a stack of quilt magazines, pour myself a glass of wine, put my feet up and enjoy seeing the pages again from a different perspective.
11-23-2013, 03:30 AM
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CK you are correct.
Originally Posted by ckcowl
when you purchase a magazine it is for 'PERSONAL USE' and the 'legal rules' are written out in the beginning of the magazine...just like if you take a class each student is supposed to purchase their own book/pattern- it really is NOT ok to sell patterns removed from a magazine. if turned in (or caught) the seller can in fact be faced with large fines. the only way you can sell a pattern from a magazine, book or commercial pattern is by contacting the source- receiving permission- and including that permission with the pattern- where magazines are concerned sometimes the magazine owns the rights, sometimes the designer owns the rights- and the pattern is considered FOR PERSONAL USE.
11-23-2013, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by CRO
I bought a pattern and then ended up buying a kit that also had the pattern in it. Would it be considered OK to sell the unopened one?
11-23-2013, 04:34 AM
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What I find REALLY annoying - is when you buy a magazine and pages or the pull out pattern pages are missing - very irritating.
My feelings - and just mine is - I would sell the whole magazine - not just pages from one.
My feelings - and just mine is - I would sell the whole magazine - not just pages from one.
11-23-2013, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
LOL, wonder how much you could make from a $5 magazine if taken apart page by page.
11-26-2013, 12:36 PM
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Just wondering - would this be the same as selling used magazines or patterns at a yard sale? The only difference would be that part of the magazine is missing? Interesting question. I've sold old patterns and craft magazines at yard sales years ago. Never gave copyright infringement a thought. Hmmmm...
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