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But we *have* purchased the pattern, so they have gotten their money. We can do with the pattern what we will, once it's bought and paid for. With the caveat mentioned above, of course, and the one about photocopying it and selling the copies. If designers started saying, "You paid for it, you have to keep it forever" that would certainly preclude one from buying one as a gift for someone else! :) There's
*no* way they can stop people from selling the legally-purchased designs second-hand or giving away/swapping them. That would be like a hockey team saying, "You can't buy our shirts at a the second-hand store...you have to buy your own!" LOLJoan