Patterns from Magazines
11-21-2013, 05:56 PM
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My SIL is a lawyer and I asked him about the selling of the patterns from the magazines as one of the girls in my quilt guild has sold many. As long as they are originals (not copies) this is legal. It's the same as selling a used book or pattern. I have bought many patterns and books from places other than Ebay. Amazon, my local Goodwill, local library, Craigslist, etc. just to name a few. Copies are not legal.
11-21-2013, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by klaws
I was looking on eBay today and saw that some people are selling patterns they tore out of a magazine. They say it is the original pages and not a copy. But, I just don't know. Why does this bother me so much? Response please.
11-21-2013, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by QuiltNama
My SIL is a lawyer and I asked him about the selling of the patterns from the magazines as one of the girls in my quilt guild has sold many. As long as they are originals (not copies) this is legal. It's the same as selling a used book or pattern. I have bought many patterns and books from places other than Ebay. Amazon, my local Goodwill, local library, Craigslist, etc. just to name a few. Copies are not legal.
11-21-2013, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by joy
for CRO.... I don't see why not... you are not making a profit out of it if you sell it for the price you paid for it.
LOL, wonder how much you could make from a $5 magazine if taken apart page by page.
11-21-2013, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by dunster
I have an entirely different opinion - (but that is all it is, opinion). As long as the original magazine pages are sold, I think it is entirely legal and there's nothing at all dishonest or underhanded about it. The person who owns the magazine has a right to sell it - or parts of it - to anyone else. You also have the right to sell any pattern that you own, whether or not you have used that pattern already, as long as you don't make copies of the pattern, either to sell or to keep. As for the designer being paid, he/she was paid by the magazine. Personal use means that the design can't be used for commercial purposes. In the past I have heard that eBay has stopped sales where copies of magazines were being sold, but they are okay with the original pages being sold.
At first i thought I don't think I would tear out a pattern and sell it, but I buy used books online.
What is the difference if I buy a used book from someone else, or if someone buys my used quilting magazines?
I wouldn't sell them for a "new" price.
actually, I won't be selling my quilting magazines at all, LOL, but just saying...
If the seller is asking a reasonable price and the viewer wants it, and the author was paid, I don't think anyone is getting hurt.
Having said that, I am not personally going to "gut" magazines to make more overall than I paid for the magazine in whole. It's not wrong to make a profit, but I can't bear to think of tearing a perfectly good magazine up like that.
11-21-2013, 08:04 PM
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The thought that occured to me is did the seller purchase the magazine? Retailers that have magazines that don't sell tear off the cover to return. They are not charged for the magazines that did not sell. They are supposed to dispose of the rest of the magazine. I know some of those magazines sometimes get dismantled and patterns sold. In my opinion this is stealing from the publisher. I would purchase a whole magazine but not a few pages.
11-21-2013, 09:00 PM
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with selling patterns taken from a magazine, as long as the pages are the original magazine pages, and not copies. Once you buy the magazine it is yours to do what you want with it: sell it whole or in pieces, give it away or throw it away. What you can't do is copy it. That's why the law is called "copyright". Only the copyright holder can make copies.
11-21-2013, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by CRO
I bought a pattern and then ended up buying a kit that also had the pattern in it. Would it be considered OK to sell the unopened one?
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