copyright for crafters
question 3: I’ve heard that it’s okay to share patterns as long as you don’t change the title, or claim that you designed it yourself. Isn’t that true?
No, it’s not true. Copyright infringement occurs when someone makes a copy of a substantial part of a copyrighted work, without the copyright owner’s permission. You don’t get permission to copy a pattern just because you bought it: see question 5.
Copyright infringement doesn’t depend on changing the title, or lying to others about who wrote the pattern. It’s enough that you copied it and distributed it without permission.
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