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Originally Posted by joe'smom
(Post 6983720)
Are you sure about that last part (the finished product could not be for personal use)? There would be no point arranging for production of a pattern if you didn't want people to make a quilt using the pattern. That just makes no sense.
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I really am sure about the 'or make it for your personal use' part because I showed it to the shop owner and there were a couple of customers nearby who heard the exchange and came over to look at the pattern as well. None of us could believe what we were reading.
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Originally Posted by Onebyone
(Post 6983778)
A few designers want you to buy the pattern to see how it's made, not to actually make it. LOL
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Originally Posted by Wonnie
(Post 6983511)
Several years ago I found a quilt pattern I really loved. There was a copyright printed on the back that stated the purchaser could not duplicate, copy or sell the pattern and that the finished product could not be sold or reproduced for sale to others or used for your own personal use. Why would I spend $12.00 for a pattern that I could not make for myself?????
-----and that was crazy, by the way, to write that you can't even use for your own personal use. They must have made a typo, meaning to say that it was for your own personal use. |
Originally Posted by ptquilts
(Post 6983579)
It's a good thing for us that our great-grandmothers did not try to copyright all the old original quilt patterns. In those days it was all about sharing. Now money is king.
As many have stated--quilt blocks are really just squares and triangles and rectangles, for the most part. And circles. They can't claim that that is original--it's probably not. Oftentimes, just as soon as you think something is new, you look in an old quilting magazine or book and see something just like what you thought was new! |
Originally Posted by BettyGee
(Post 6983636)
I agree with you. Even if you use an original pattern and make your own additions/changes the credit to pattern designer should be given. I am guilty of having posted a picture of a quilt that started out as a basic churn dash and morphed into a completely different quilt; however, credit should have been given to the original pattern I chose. While I cannot undo this I will certainly remember to give credit in the future.
Since no one can copyright the basic shape of churn dash, why even think about it? You didn't violate anything--you just designed a new-to-you quilt. |
Originally Posted by [email protected]
(Post 6983652)
But if it's in a magazine and you bought the magazine, isn't that pattern yours to use ? And why couldn't you share it because you paid for it in the magazine? I have shared my magazines with others before, I can't testify if they traced out the patterns and used them or not, don't really care, because I paid for that magazine. Maybe patterns shouldn't be placed in magazines if they don't want them used or shared?????? HHHMMMM
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Originally Posted by justflyingin
(Post 6983867)
I'm playing the devil's advocate here, but if you started with a churn dash and proceeded to change it, why do you need to tell everyone--anyone who has been quilting for a while knows that it is based on churn dash.
Since no one can copyright the basic shape of churn dash, why even think about it? You didn't violate anything--you just designed a new-to-you quilt. |
Based on this post, I guess I should not have gifted any of those quilt patterns I have sent to secret pals and secret santas. I wonder how many of them sent money to the pattern maker? How about the patterns I have used in the past, and gifted the quilts, or sold the quilts? Good thing I have given up using patterns as of today, so no one copy anything I post from now on, okay? I am so glad I can make my own patterns, so I will no longer be breaking any laws. Anyone want a huge pile of patterns, or am I required to burn them?
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My suggestion would be to give anyone the name of the magazine and page numbers. This would not fringe on the rights of the designer.
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