what if i can't read? he, he. sigh. not gonna do that.

Seems like they would waste more money than they make chasing up any home based individual they consider in breach of their copyright. Personally, I would rather drink nuclear waste than use Disney fabric (she says hoping not to offend anyone here:)). If I do sell any work (down the track when my skills pick up) I intend to work mainly with vintage fabric. As always, I suggest "vote with your feet" if you walk away from these restricted fabrics the sales figures may get them to have a re-think.

why not cut it off & why do they sell the fabric??? Makes no sense to me . I make & sell things even Disney items all I say its not from disney. never had any problems in the 30 years of selling things.

I just spend the afternoon looking at all of my fabric and there is nothing on the fabric to say its copyright protected I've got a large selection of various designers.

What you heard is different than what they are discussing here. The fabric with team logos is licensed so you are not supposed to buy it...make something...and then sell to make a profit. I think I told the story on the other board about the woman that owned a conignment shop. I had my candles and soap in her shop and she told me that they went to a college football game with all of the stuff her husband made that had the home team's logo on it. They set up their trailer in the tailgating parking lot. They were approached by 2 men and told to either pack it all up...and if they did not then they would pack it for them and then they would be "escorted" out of the parking lot. With hand poured candles...certain names of scents are trademarked. The fragrance oil supplier can sell it to you with the trademarked name on their bottle but...if you pour candles to sell and use the trademarked name...Yankee has a LOT of their scents trademarked...you might get a cease and desist letter from them since there are "spies" at craft shows. But...you won't get arrested...lol. But if you continue using something that is trademarked or licensed after being warned...you CAN get in trouble.

Actually, a lot of fabrics have a C in a Circle on the selvage - it is copyrighted. But not necessarily limited to what it can be used for.

I am probably off in left field - but having worked in products liability - I wonder if it might be more of an attempt to avoid liability if say:

You make a bunch of something with the same fabric and sell them - - and for a strange reason there is discovered a flamability issue - or something in the fabric questionable to children inhaling - get what I am thinking(?) - - in that case they may be trying to limit their liability by saying it is not for commercial use.

Don't flog me - - it just came to mind. :-)

Marysewfun

What next? We can't buy their fabric if we are going to make something with it they consider ugly? Unfashionable? LOL

I would like to say I would not buy fabric with that printing on the selvage. BUT..... I do a lot of my fabric buying online. Is the online store going to tell me that there is a restriction on how I use this fabric? I would be very upset to order a lot of fabric for a quilt which MAY or may not be sold, and then find I can't use it for a saleable item. This can then become a problem for online retailers of these name brand fabrics.

My thoughts exactly!!!