permission to display quilt
04-10-2012, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by snow
I feel if the pattern is in a maginze or book or on the internet you should be able to display it when you make the quilt when they sold or gave the pattern to the maginze or for the books it is free to make and display. For you bought the maginze or the book so you should have the right to display it when you make a quilt from it.
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04-10-2012, 09:44 AM
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From what I have read about copyright law, if you have bought the pattern, whatever project you make is yours to display. That right is yours when she sold it to you. I have researched this at great length because I do the newsletter for my quilt guild. I used to maintain our guild's facebook page as well, so we wanted to be especially cautious. It was suggested that anytime we posted a picture of a quilt on our page, we should list the designer of the pattern as well as the company that made the fabric, i.e. Moda.
04-10-2012, 12:21 PM
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I am glad to say, I recieved the permmision from McCalls. I made 3 phone calls today to the various numbers in the fromt of the book. I finally got a nice call from Tricia. She emailed me the information I needed. Thanks for all the help from all you nice folks !!! You are all grate. Rowena101
04-10-2012, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Personally I think it's a pretty sad point we've come to when you have to ask permission to display your *own* work. No matter who designed the pattern, you made the quilt.
04-10-2012, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Rowena101
I am glad to say, I recieved the permmision from McCalls. I made 3 phone calls today to the various numbers in the fromt of the book. I finally got a nice call from Tricia. She emailed me the information I needed. Thanks for all the help from all you nice folks !!! You are all grate. Rowena101
04-11-2012, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by KyKaren1949
I used to maintain our guild's facebook page as well, so we wanted to be especially cautious. It was suggested that anytime we posted a picture of a quilt on our page, we should list the designer of the pattern as well as the company that made the fabric, i.e. Moda.
I think it's overkill, but that's my opinion. I can't think of any better way to discourage quilters from sharing their talents. I've been sewing for 38 years and in all that time I haven't seen one lawsuit, complaint or even a nasty letter by a fabric company because their name wasn't included as the maker of a fabric someone used. Can you imagine how large the quilt label could end up being on a quilt, even if someone were able to come up with all the manfacturers? Would we then need to create a "map" of where to find Moda's scrap, for example?
04-12-2012, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ghostrider
This is not a case of right or wrong in anyone's opinion, legal or not legal. It's a question of how to work within the entry rules that this particular quilt guild has established for their show, plain and simple. There have been a few good suggestions for the OP that may solve her immediate problem and I hope she follows up on those and lets us know how it worked out.
Most shows are now requiring the designer's name if the quilt is not an original, many even ask for what inspired the quiltmaker. I think both of those tactics are quite fair. Only a few go to the extreme that Maine Quilts has gone. Those that require written permission from a designer are shooting themselves in the foot, imho, because they are truly discouraging many quilters from entering their shows, especially those just starting out on the competitive path.
Most shows are now requiring the designer's name if the quilt is not an original, many even ask for what inspired the quiltmaker. I think both of those tactics are quite fair. Only a few go to the extreme that Maine Quilts has gone. Those that require written permission from a designer are shooting themselves in the foot, imho, because they are truly discouraging many quilters from entering their shows, especially those just starting out on the competitive path.
Grrrrrrrrr! Some quilt blocks have been in the public domain for generations. What then?
04-12-2012, 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Christine-
I think it's overkill, but that's my opinion. I can't think of any better way to discourage quilters from sharing their talents. I've been sewing for 38 years and in all that time I haven't seen one lawsuit, complaint or even a nasty letter by a fabric company because their name wasn't included as the maker of a fabric someone used.
Most quilters don't need to worry about it unless we're publishing a book, using a designer's collection for the quilt projects, and making plastic tote bags from a picture of the resulting quilt.
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04-12-2012, 03:37 PM
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For some very thought provoking reading on copyrights and their absurdity within the quilting world, see Leah Day's blog post on Copyright Terrorism. It's quite long, but well worth reading in it's entirety.
http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...terrorism.html
http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...terrorism.html
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