copyright for crafters
question 11: What’s the big deal? Designers get their money anyway. Often, when I get a pattern from the Internet, the copy quality isn’t very good, so I go out and buy the original.
Copyright isn’t about whether the designer loses money. Copyright is about the copyright owner’s right to decide how copies are made of her work.
It’s also the copyright owner’s right to decide how she wants to advertise her work. Maybe she doesn’t want her patterns distributed for free, even if, as you might claim, it results in increased sales.
And if it were true that people who get copies of patterns from the Internet buy the originals in the store once they decide they like them, then why are copies of the entire pattern posted? Logically, all you need is one picture to decide if you like the pattern or not.
If you really think that people sharing patterns is just a tool to decide whether you want to buy, why don’t you search the Internet for online shops and catalogs? Many needlework companies show their wares on the Internet now, allowing you to shop at home.
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