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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
:? I was playing with EQ7 and thought I'd make a Christmas design using two simple blocks. It never got further then the EQ program. I saved the pattern and forgot about it. I saw this:
http://www.piecenquilt.blogspot.com/ That's the exact same pattern I came up with! Now if I had made this quilt and did all the things that copyright said I could not do with a published pattern how could I have proved it was my own design? What if I wanted to send my pattern to anyone free who asks for it? What if I wanted to post it online? To beat all it's almost the exact colors. Now this quilt will be copyrighted once it's published. If anyone wants to see the block construction I used pm me. Here is the one I designed. |
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I never intended to copyright it. I like designing patterns on EQ7 for the fun of it and giving them to others. That's the point. If the pattern is copyrighted by someone who came by the same design honest, how can I give copies of mine away?
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Its a really pretty design!
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I used the basic fabric library in EQ. I think most who use EQ uses the basic colors first. I planned on loading the Christmas fabric library if I ever got back to it. It will be fun to see if the construction of the blocks will be the same or if the two blocks I used are the same. You may not be able to see but the two blocks I used are a four patch on point and a square in a square on point. That's all.
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Actually it was only quilted by the lady at piece n quilt. It was designed and sewn by Julie from Jaybird Quilts.
http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/2010/09...ons-quilt.html |
hmmm....does it count that your design creeps into the border? that makes it a little different. maybe she stole it from you. is your design dated? maybe you should claim copyright infringement. LOL!
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I love the design
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both designs came from blocks in the public domain. neither design can be protected by copyright. she can only copyright her instructions and illustrations.
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This is a beautiful quilt block pattern arrangement made from traditional patches. Presumably others might conceivably come up with this combination too, without ever having seen the "other" person's version, just as you did - whether they even had EQ or not.
***All the "other" person can copyright is the specific INSTRUCTIONS she wrote down for making her version of this quilt, not the quilt.*** I would have no hesitation making the quilt, even selling it. This is a case of arrangement of long-standing old traditional blocks, so no problem. . |
Bella, I think that pattern would probably fall into the "General Domain" category. It is simply blocks and triangles (although very pretty) so I wouldn't consider it "unique". I wouldn't worry about whether someone else has done it first for that reason. Just because they put the copyright symbol next to their pattern/design, doesn't mean that it is truly copyrightable (is that a word?) Does that make sense?
Plus, once it's published in a magazine, it's open to all to do with as they wish. |
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