Viewing post #1151459 by Nastarana

CarolHB said:I'm an attorney (retired), have taught law for a number of years and several years ago wrote a series of articles on copyright law for the quilting community. So, credentials established. You need to report these events immediately to Ebay or whoever else. This woman has most likely done this before and will start up again as soon as the current kerfuffle is overwith. Copyright infringement is an act of theft. Selling ANYTHING based upon a picture of someone else's product is an act of fraud on the consumer. If those pictures still contain the ATP copyright with the actual photographers names on them it could come back on you and ATP, if anybody spent enough money to make it worthwhile. I would advise NOT being nice about this, especially after receiving the "chill ..... out" messages. Her sob story is most likely completely false - she's probably in her 20s. Yeah, call me cynical, or experienced, or realistic - take your pick. Please report every instance of this theft as soon as it occurs, or as soon as you find out about it and don't try to be nice to someone who is a thief and a fraud. The lecture is over, you may now return to your regularly scheduled discussion.

Carol. (off topic, apologies) Might you be able to post links to your articles about copyright law? I confess, there seems to me to be quite a bit of what I privately consider copyright abuse with some quilt pattern vendors; I am unable to believe that an easily recognized traditional pattern surrounded with some appliqued leaves which the "designer" likely copied from a Dover imprint deserves copyright protection.

As to the topic of this thread, would it help to name names, so the rest of us know from whom not to buy?