Originally Posted by Christine- (Post 5133001)

Your group takes themselves entirely too seriously! I have so much stash, if I had to come up with the manufacturer of every piece of fabric I used in a quilt it would be impossible. I'm curious about the thought process your group went through to come up with a rule to include the company that made a fabric. Was it a request by fabric companies that led you to make this rule?

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?

Originally Posted by Hinterland (Post 5135235)

There was a dust up recently where exactly that happened, but it was the fabric designer. The designer's fabric was used in such a way that it landed in the gray area where she and her lawyers felt it was infringement, and the book publisher felt it was fair use..... It's been settled, fortunately. Janet