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FAQ

Can I borrow templates, designs or patterns, or buy them second hand?
30/5/2009

You do not need permission from a copyright owner to buy, lend or borrow templates, patterns, kits and so on. This is because copyright law does not give copyright owners the right to control such uses of items in which they own copyright.

 

Generally, anyone borrowing or otherwise acquiring the item is likely to have the same right to use the item as the person from whom they acquired it.