copyright for crafters

question 12: Copyright’s just about making money, isn’t it? As long as I don’t ask anyone for money for my patterns, that’s okay, right?

Copyright isn’t about whether the designer loses money, or whether you’re making money from copies. Copyright is about the copyright owner’s right to decide how copies are made of her work. Copyright infringement occurs when a substantial part of a copyrighted work, such as a pattern, is copied without the copyright owner’s permission.

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