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Our local library has a free magazine shelf. You leave any magazines you no longer want for others to take if they so desire. I love the service and feel less guilty about putting my magazines there rather than in the recycling bin. I, in turn, take any of interest and bring them back when finished.

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Originally Posted by Holba (Post 4834628)

"you just can't copy the patterns for yourself and then transfer the magazine to someone else; that's not legal."

Can you help me understand this? Sorry to be dense. If I gave credit to the person whose pattern it is and where it came from and when, why could I not give the magazine away to someone else?

But truly it would have been better to Xerox but with a color machine I see. I need to see colors. Thanks...

It is a violation of the copyright laws. You cannot reproduce a copyrighted work (the printed pattern) without the express permission of the copyright holder (could be either the magazine or the pattern designer) and then distribute (give away, sell, loan, trade, etc) one of them. The copyright holder has the exclusive right to copy and distribute their work. In simple terms...you cannot make two patterns out of one so that two people have it at the same time. It is not legal. And you're not being dense...it can be hard to understand. There are a lot of discussions on copyright here; do a search to find more info.

Please do not throw quilting magazines in recycling. I absolutely love the old ones and so do others. Most libraries have book sales and these go really fast. Also, some quilt shows have 'second hand rose' which sells used books, magazines etc. I am always looking for them.

our library takes them and lets us trade with one another...