There is always a lot of discussion amongst designers and crafters as to copyright terms for patterns and copyright terms for the products made from the patterns.

As both a doll pattern designer and a doll maker I can see both sides of the copyright argument. So, I decided to review my doll pattern and e-pattern copyrights with regards to the patterns themselves and with regards to the products made from the patterns to see if it satisfied both sides of the argument.

For the most part I thought it did, but I decided to make it just a little clearer.

So, here's my new copyright terms for my doll patterns & e-patterns and my copyright terms for the products made from my patterns & e-patterns:

Copyright Terms For My Patterns and E-Patterns -

All patterns and designs © 2004-2008 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved, including downloading, mass producing, photocopying, enlargements, reductions, E-Patterns and all other forms of reproduction, website sharing, Email, or any other means of redistribution. Commercial selling or reselling of this pattern by any means, including eBay or any other website by permission only.

Copyright Terms For The Products Made From My Patterns and E-Patterns -

Products made from Linda Walsh Originals patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of products made from these patterns (both regular and E-patterns) including wholesale distribution, catalog sales, and all other forms of large scale commercial production are by permission only.

Items made from these patterns are intended for decoration only and are not intended for use by children. Not responsible for human error, individual workmanship, or printing errors in the patterns or the E-Patterns.

I think this allows for flexibility for both sides of the argument. I'd be interested to know what you all think of this.