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02-27-2012, 07:04 AM

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Lori S

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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen

They can also go stand in the garage and claim to be a car. Doesn't make it so.

This just made me laugh and laugh... Spot On Scissor Queen.

02-27-2012, 07:27 AM

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Not only patterns, but have you noticed that most every quilting book has the exact same binding and finishing instructions?

02-27-2012, 07:43 AM

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Just go the this site and borrow the pattern and quilt all you like without worrying about copyright. I send a donation to keep this site going. There is a list that covers just about any kind of quilt desing you could desire with the instructions and templates.
http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore.html

02-27-2012, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Threadbanger

I'm a new quilter and I have been kind of scared off by some of these copyright things. I know some quilt blocks are hundreds of years old so how on earth could they be copyrighted? Makes no sense to me.

If you have the time sometime, go to a library and look thru some books about older and traditional quilts. These are all in the public domain. Use and adjust any you like.

Years ago I bought a book about 1001 quilt patterns. All old standards. That book alone could keep you busy for a lifetime.

I'll go look up the full name. It's no longer in print as far as I know, but you might find it in a library.

02-27-2012, 08:09 AM

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I just found "1001 Patchwork Designs" on Amazon. Oh, and started a thread to that book. It is still available.

02-27-2012, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by nativetexan

copyrights are going into the bin due to the internet and all the sites there in. so many quilters are posting tutorials on how to make blocks or quilts that designers sell patterns for. it's happening every day. so things will be changing some time but i dont' know how they are going to handle this. I think the world is to big to put manacles on everyone.

You know, they need to start with a basic premise that any design in the public domain CAN NOT be later copyrighted by anyone. The person seeking the copyright should have to prove to the best of their ability that "Their" pattern did not exist prior to their making it.

02-27-2012, 08:27 AM

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Apparently you have not read HER rules about using HER PATTERNS!

02-27-2012, 08:41 AM

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They can also go stand in the garage and claim to be a car. Doesn't make it so.

Great answer.

02-27-2012, 09:05 AM

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Re: Marcia Hohn's site,
http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore.html

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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie

Apparently you have not read HER rules about using HER PATTERNS!

Most of the blocks on that site are traditional blocks. She would have to prove your work came from her site and not some other source for traditional blocks, which she probably could not do. HOWEVER, if you do get your info from her site, why not repect her copyright rules voluntarily, out of respect for all the work she has done compiling that info for others to use for free?

02-27-2012, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl

Re: Marcia Hohn's site,
http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore.html

Most of the blocks on that site are traditional blocks. She would have to prove your work came from her site and not some other source for traditional blocks, which she probably could not do. HOWEVER, if you do get your info from her site, why not repect her copyright rules voluntarily, out of respect for all the work she has done compiling that info for others to use for free?

Here's the way I see it. I've got the same info somewhere in this sewing room, but I don't have the facilities to show someone a block, she does. So I don't owe her anything.