From: Mary Joseph
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997

Permanently Out Of Print, does not mean the copyrights have expired and the copyright holder owns the rights to copy. Leisure Arts may not own the copyright on the pattern, only distribution rights.

From http://www.erols.com/acpsimt2/imt/aetv/copyrite.html

Five rights belong to copyright owners exclusively:
     1.reproduce the copyrighted work
     2.prepare derivative works based on the work
     3.publish the work by distributing copies to the public by sale, rental, lease or lending
     4.publicly perform the copyrighted work
     5.publicly display the work

These exclusive rights may be transferred by the copyright owner as individual rights or as a "bundle of rights."

Also from web sites I learned that (the following is not a quote, but what I learned in my own words from various copyright topic'ed web pages) placing items on the web does not place them in public domain. Distributing a copyrighted material free does not give everyone permission to copy and redistribute.

http://www.benedict.com/index.html is a wonderful web page full of insites and practical application of copyright laws.

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From: Jill Martz has an excellent article on this subject — specifically related to needlework — on her website:
http://hometown.aol.com/hblossomxs/copyr.html

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Library of Congress website ... copyright:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

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For lots of other links regarding needlework and copyright, visit Martha Beth Lewis' website and read Copyright and Needlework
http://www.marthabeth.com/needlework_copyright.html