Pattern Use- Please Read

Pattern Use- Please Read

After reading much about copyright laws, and reaching an understanding about it, here is what you are allowed to do with  patterns. This applies to anyone who has ever bought one of our patterns.
~Under the law-- you ARE allowed to sell finished products made from our patterns-please do. It is customary to give design credit to Hailstorm Creek Press when selling those items. Please don't say they are your designs-- that constitues copyright infringement.
~As long as you've legally purchased a copy of the pattern, you can sell the pattern when you're done with it- Like at a yard sale, or destashing on ebay or etsy.
~Mass producing items made from the pattern (s) (as in Manufacturing) is something we'd have to have a written agreement about.
~You can't copy the paper patterns and sell them, but you can copy for your personal use-- just don't sell the copies or give copies to your friends or share them over the internet.
~There is no license, implied or otherwise, for use of these patterns unless we make a written agreement between you- the buyer - -and I, the copyright holder.  For example, if you wanted to make 25 of the same item from one of the patterns, we would both sign a license agreement to that effect.
~There is no "rule" or otherwise about how many items you can make from the pattern(s), and I can't tell you how many you can make, except if you want to mass produce them, which most crafters and individuals don't do.  There is a common misconception that by writing on the pattern that you can "only make 10 of the item" that this constitutes a license-- it is not.
~Also-- you can display quilts made from these patterns at quilt shows-- again give design credit to Hailstorm Creek Press.
~Again, these statements are not something I made up for you to abide by-- it's all in the law and are facts.
~~ **More pattern designers should read up on the law and realize what it allows people to do with their patterns, and objects made from their patterns. **~~
~Have fun sewing!! and if you have any questions- don't hesitate to contact me!! ~

find more info about copyright law, etc. at:
Bitlaw

Patry blog

Tabberone