katesnanna

I've sent a message to Warren Kimble's site and will share the answer providing I get one.

LindaJR

I do not buy anything Disney. When they sued a day care in FL for having painted Disney characters on the walls for mega money, I turened against them. It was free publicity for pete's sake. I have bought some toys at garage sales or thrift stores but I figure Disney is not getting any of my money LOL.

Peckish

I'm confused. When did Warren Kimble enter into the conversation? I must have missed something....

Sandygirl

Licensing...copyrighted. Not surprised to read this. One major reason i did not buy a Brother embroidery machine. I was not going to pay $$ to advertise the Disney brand on MY machine. I love Disney...but not on my sewing machine.

Sandy

katesnanna

Sorry, he is mentioned in the thread that QuiltnNan put up. Second post in this thread.

Barbpr

I don't buy fabric with this type of notification. Same as I do not buy patterns that say you can't sell quilts made from the pattern. I wrote Atkinson about their policy and they were quite firm. So I have not bought one of their patterns since and neither have any of my friends!!

tesspug

Making and selling items from these fabrics and patterns is perfectly legal. But the companies want you to think it's wrong and will make your life miserable and send threatening letters. However none have won in court. It's just a matter of if you want the hassle. Some etsy crafters have sued the big companies when they tried to shut them down and even Disney settled out of court. But if they see your items they will send nasty letters and threaten to sue you.

Caswews

Thanks Quiltn Nan .. appreciate it very much ...

Wonnie

Yes, it's frustrating. Recently I purchased a pattern that I thought would be perfect to sell at the school craft fair. Made 11 of them at first then life happened. When I had time to get back to it checked the pattern again to refresh myself when my eye caught this almost microscopic print that said not only could I not make copies of the pattern I, also, could not sell anything I made from the pattern. I can understand the designer put a lot of time and effort and money in producing the pattern and if everyone just makes copies and passes them out to their friends it cuts down on their profits but...to tell me what I can DO with the pattern after I BUY it............Hmmm, I don't think so.

susiequilt

The manufacturer sold it commercially to the quilt shops and the quilt shops sold it commercially to you but
YOU can't sell it commercially? Doesn't make any sense to me.