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Good morning Ladies,
Have woken up today Eagle to download episode 101 onto my iPhone but shock horror! It isn’t there.
What has hallened tot he apple app.
Please tell us!
Louise, we hope you were able to find the episode after all! We are unable to troubleshoot podcast downloads due to every phone being different, however, if you are having trouble, we recommend going to your cell phone provider. Of course, you can always access the episode here on our website as well! Thank you so much for your support in listening to the podcast!
Morning – I just listened to episode 101 (I have listened to all your episodes and enjoy them very much). I do have one difficulty with some of what was discussed today.
In talking about making/selling patterns Helen said that she was uncomfortable with the idea of someone buying her pattern and then making garments to sell with that pattern. Unfortunately it depends on which country you are in as to what you are allowed to do with someone’s patterns. In the USA you can buy a pattern and make/sell as many items from that pattern as you wish. What you cannot do is copy that pattern and sell it as your own. I have the York Pinafore (which is comfortable and was an easy make) pattern and if I wanted to I could start a business making and selling that pattern without asking permission or paying licensing fees (at least on a small scale – I don’t know the legalities of opening a factory and churning out thousands of them).
It disturbs me a lot when I hear designers say that it is only proper to ask permission to do that (I knit a lot and there are a number of designers who think it is unpolite to use their patterns that way). Copyright is not a matter of politeness it is a matter of law.
I know that England is different from the USA and I don’t know what Canada says about using patterns but again it is a matter of law not politeness.
I like to think about cookbooks, if I have a cookbook with a good cookie recipe and my church has a bake sale do I have to ask permission from the author to make that recipe for sale?
Have a great day.
Beth, thank you for your continuous support in listening to the podcast! Laws can indeed be different and you are right that there is a difference between law and politeness. We do want to note that some patterns state on the pattern itself ‘not for resale or profit’ next to ‘all rights reserved’ and this can be a clear indicator of what the designer intended even if copyright law may vary from country to country. Your comment is a thought-provoking one and we appreciate you taking the time to write in!