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In a short word, yes. However please read on so you don't ruin your business before you begin.
You can use anything from these sites to sew items for sale so long as credit is given as to where you got the pattern:
http://www.sewingmamas.com/b/downloads.php
http://diapersewing.wordpress.com/
http://www.burdastyle.com/
I've spoken a few times with the US
Copyright offices directly about these questions.
For any printed patterns yes, legally you can make and sell items.
You can also purchase an item, take it apart, trace your own pattern, and create
something to sell.
While it may not be MORAL, it is LEGAL. It's really up to you to decide. If
you're selling in the WAHM world, it's very small. If you're found out to be a
'copycat' then you run the risk of being blackballed by the community.
The "Cottage" licenses some offer are not legally really worth the paper they
are written on. You are buying the license to make 'slaphappy undies' and call
them 'slaphappy undies' but if you want to use the SAME PATTERN and call them
'nutmeg's briefs' you can do that and not pay any fees. This is legal -- morally
you're on your own.
It's up to you to decide what is moral in your opinion. It doesn't matter what
they write on their patterns. Every time they have tried to enforce their
patterns not being made into items for sale, they go down in flames. But your
business may too.
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