This article on copyright and how it applies in the United States is both clear and very interesting. It talks about sewing and quilting but the law applies to any hand embroidery technique.
http://www.whileshenaps.com/2014/03/can-you-copyright-a-sewing-pattern.html
Many thanks to Mary Corbet for finding this and posting about it.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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