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Will copyright stop me from selling a pattern or book I\’ve used, but don\’t want to use anymore?

Tuesday, December 21st, 2004

No. Copyright cannot stop you from selling the physical embodiment of the copyrighted pattern or book, although other contractual or licensing terms may stop you. There\’s no infringement in selling a book you\’ve read or a pattern you\’ve used. But, if you make and retain your own copy of that book or pattern and then sell it, you would be infringing copyright.