copyright for crafters
question 14: But it’s okay to share patterns as long as you specify that it’s for educational use only, and not for resale, right?
No. You may have seen notices in books or other publications, usually on the same page as the copyright notice, that read “For educational use only” or “Not for resale” or “Reproduction of this work in any form whatsoever is strictly prohibited". These are statements used by the copyright owner to tell you how they are allowing you to use her work. They can only be used by the copyright owner. Only she can tell others how to use a copyrighted work.
If you use these statements when you share copies of patterns with your friends, they have no meaning. These are not magic words that make your copyright infringement “all right". Infringement is infringement. Although there are exemptions for fair dealing with a copyrighted work for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, simply saying that this is what you’re doing is not enough. It has to be true.
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