Copyright Frequently Asked Questions
The Electric Quilt Company does not claim copyright to any quilt blocks. What we
do hold copyright to is the software itself, which means you may not lend or copy the software.
Any blocks that *we* designed are copyright free. Any blocks that someone else designed are not copyright free.
All images and text are property of The Electric Quilt Company unless otherwise noted. You must write for permission to use these images or text if they are in the Home, Users, Retailers, Support, Forums, Blog, Media, Artist, or Album sections of our website. You may borrow images or text from the Products area, for any products except EQ6 or the EQ6 Upgrade, without writing for permission for the means of building your own web store that sells our products. If you are reselling EQ6 or the EQ6 Upgrade, you may borrow images or text without writing for permission only if you have agreed to The Electric Quilt Company guidelines for resellers, and we have a signed copy of the MAP policy described in the following paragraph. If we do not have a signed MAP policy, you will be considered in violation.
Individuals / companies offering EQ6 or EQ6 Upgrade software products for sale, must adhere to The Electric Quilt Company’s guidelines for resellers which includes a Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) Policy. For complete information on these guidelines, please visit the Retailer section of our web site.
Blocks: Any blocks you design (without copying a design from existing copyrighted quilt blocks) are yours.
Blocks from the EQ Libraries are copyright free for the most part (because we either drew them or they've been in public domain since the turn of the century and no one can claim copyright to them) except for the blocks designed by Debbie Sichel and Rita Denenberg. Debbie and Rita's blocks are clearly marked by the Block Name. You do not need to mention that the pattern was made in EQ6, EQ5, or EQ4 (we love it if you do, of course).
Quilts: Any quilts you design (without copying an existing copyrighted quilt
design)
are
yours.
No part of these books may be reproduced in any form except by the original retail purchaser for their own personal use. The written instructions and designs are protected under copyright laws and are not to be photocopied, duplicated, or reproduced by any means for commercial use.
Teachers may use the information from the chapters of these books to teach EQ if they give credit to the author and book name. Copyright law forbids teachers from reproducing any part of the printed material for distribution to students. Students wanting a copy of the lessons or patterns will need to purchase the book.
The embroidery designs which appear in the Embroidery Library appear by permission of Pfaff,
Cactus Punch, Viking, and Action Tapes Inc. They are for previewing in quilt designs only
and are not digitizable. To embroider a design, you must purchase the embroidery card from
the manufacturer. These designs are copyrighted by their respective manufacturers.
Copyright free.
All of the blocks in the Star Block Library and all of the quilts in Judy Martin's STARS & SETS are original designs copyrighted by Judy Martin. Some of the blocks in the Alternate Block Library and some of the sashes are in the public domain.
Selling, Publishing, and Displaying quilts
Judy permits you to make and sell or give away quilts using her block and quilt designs as long as you are not involved in their mass production. Judy also permits you to publicly display your projects made using her block and quilt designs, as long as you credit Judy Martin's STARS & SETS for the inspiration or design. You may publish a photograph or submit a photograph of your work for publication in print or on a website. This use requires that you give appropriate credit to Judy Martin's STARS & SETS. If the project will appear with a pattern, you will need Judy Martin's permission prior to publication.
Classes and Raffle quilts
Judy Martin also permits the free distribution of a limited number of block patterns from this CD for the purpose of 1) making quilts to raffle or auction for the benefit of nonprofit groups or 2) teaching quilt making classes. In these cases, the handouts must include the following notice: copyright Judy Martin 1983-2008 from Judy Martin's STARS & SETS, used with permission.
Original quilts
If you design an original quilt based on one or more of Judy Martin's blocks or quilts, and you wish to publish the pattern in print or on the internet, you need to ask permission.
All designs and book images are copyrighted by Karen K. Stone. No part of the book may be
reproduced in any form except by the original retail purchaser for their own personal use.
The written
instructions and designs are protected under copyright laws and are not to be photocopied,
duplicated, or reproduced by any means for commercial use.
Teachers may use the information from the chapters of this book to teach if they give
credit to the Karen K. Stone Quilts. Copyright law forbids teachers from reproducing
any
part
of the printed material for distribution to students. Students wanting a copy of the pattern
or technique
will need to purchase the book.
All designs, book images, and lessons are copyrighted Mary Ellen Kranz and Cheryl Hayes.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form except by the original retail purchaser
for
their
own
personal
use.
The written
instructions
and
designs
are protected
under copyright
laws and are not to be photocopied, duplicated, or reproduced by any means for commercial
use.
Teachers may use the information from the chapters of this book to teach printing on fabric
if
they give credit to Mary Ellen Kranz, Cheryl Hayes, and Blending Photos with Fabric.
Copyright
law
forbids
teachers
from
reproducing
any
part
of the printed material for distribution to students. Students wanting a copy of the lesson
or pattern
will need to purchase the book.
All designs are copyrighted Cori Derksen and Myra Harder.
All blocks are copyrighted by Brenda Papadakis.
These blocks are a mixed bag, and anyone wanting to use them needs to check with the block source
(listed in the program) for copyright.
Copyright free except for the 24 blocks from the "From our Friends" section designed by EQ
users.
All blocks are copyrighted by Shirley Liby.
All blocks are copyrighted by Donna McDade.
All fabric designs are copyrighted by their respective fabric manufacturers.
You may use these fabric swatches to color your quilts and blocks, and also
publish
these Electric Quilt designs
filled with fabric. You may not use these swatches as web backgrounds or
for other image needs. Please contact the fabric manufacturer with further
questions on permission of use.
All blocks are copyrighted by Brenda Papadakis.
All blocks and quilt designs are copyrighted by Linda Franz.
All blocks and quilt designs are blocks are copyrighted by Robyn Pandolph.
All pieced blocks are from BlockBase. These blocks are a mixed bag, and anyone wanting to use them needs to check with the block source (listed in BlockBase) for copyright. All appliqué blocks are copyright Barbara Brackman.
Permission to use the designs is granted for personal and professional purposes, as well as permission to digitize the designs for use in a computerized quilting system. Digitizing these designs for sale and mass production of these designs is prohibited.
This means longarm quilters have permission to use these designs on their
customers' quilts, but cannot give the customer a copy of the pattern they
used.
We require the use of the following credit:
Used with permission.
Copyright Quiltmaker 2008.
