2007-02-11 10:58:54 · 5 answers · asked by GG 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
I sent this question to several firms that publish cross stitch and needlepoint designs. They all agreed that when you make an object using their cross stitch designs, the object is yours to sell.
You may not, however, sell the actual design, or copy it to share. Only the design is copyrighted, not anything you make from it.
2007-02-11 11:04:44 · answer #1 · answered by Yarnlady_needsyarn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Intellectual Property
You should always, always verify from the source of your design. Some designers and publishers will not mind. However; if you read the copyright info on some companies and some patterns, they will give you specifics on how many you may produce and for what purpose (personal vs. sales). It is up to those producing the pattern or the publishers (depending on the copyright) as to how their work can be reproduced or distributed. They own the copyright.
Most companies are now online and will have copyright info on their site. If not contact them and ask for verification. It is a legal issue, and what one allows or a few allow is not the necessarily the word of all.
2007-02-13 03:19:15 · answer #2 · answered by ksuetx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can sell your work but not the design itself. I have a friend who was prosecuted for copy right infringement for selling copies of patterns from books. I heard all about what can and can't be done, believe me. The federal agents came to her shop and arrested her if you can believe it. She had a pretty lucrative business but not so big you would have thought they'd come after her but they did. She ended up paying a fine of several thousand dollars, I think $5000. I think they wanted to make an example of her and they sure did that. She had copied the patterns from every book she could get her hands on and I still have a few in my files.
2007-02-11 11:14:20 · answer #3 · answered by moonrose777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ditto... The first 2 answers are right ... The third has no clue about selling crafted stuff.
As long as your selling the finished product it is yours to sell. You just can't sell the directions you used to make the item unless you changed something about it as you were making it.
2007-02-12 09:41:31 · answer #4 · answered by littlejewel34 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no you cannot sell anything that has a copyright,but you can sell stuff that you design yourself
2007-02-11 11:43:37 · answer #5 · answered by ken s 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋