Short & Sweet – Highlights:
YOU MAY:
- Stitch a cross-stitch based on my patterns for yourself or someone you care about.
- Stitch a cross-stitch based on my patterns and then decide to sell it because someone asked. But if you are a business that specialises in selling finished cross-stitches based on other people’s patterns, that’s different. Please see below.
YOU MAY NOT:
- Share my patterns as downloadable PDFs anywhere. Please link to the pattern page instead.
- Assume ownership of my patterns once downloaded. For example, adjusting the patterns as you like and sharing the amended version; printing patterns out to distribute them, or mass-sending PDFs over to your friends or cross-stitch circles.
- Create your own version of the patterns that you sell. My patterns are free for personal use but still considered intellectual property and protected by copyright. Derivatives – that visibly imitate my work (= visual expression of a topic) and sold by another designer are in breach of copyright.
- Download my patterns and stitch them with the intention of selling the finishes as a business. I do not explicitly agree to this unless you approach me to discuss an agreement where you pay a licensing fee (a small percentage of the final cost of the finish that covers the cost of the pattern plus a symbolic license fee per finished product).
1. Copyrights and other rights
The website is the exclusive property of Cross-Stitch Vienna (CSV). All content on the website, including but not limited to documentation, text, sound, videos, banners, images, graphics, PDFs, and patterns, are created and owned by Cross-Stitch Vienna. This website – and by extension, the channels where the creations by Cross-Stich Vienna are hosted – are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
Use of the website in whole or in part, in particular by means of downloading, reproduction, transmission or representation for purposes other than personal and private non-commercial use, is strictly prohibited.
The cross-stitch patterns offered on this website, Ko-fi, or affiliated stores count as original creations protected by copyright. I do not permit distribution or republishing or sale or any form of unauthorised exploitation of my cross-stitch patterns and designs. This covers original designs as well as derivatives with elements recognisable and unique to Cross-Stitch Vienna.
I am based in Vienna, Austria, and follow the legislation in this country.
2. Personal use & exclusions
The patterns I share on the Cross-Stitch Vienna website and Ko-fi are for personal use only. This pertains to patterns! Products (cross-stitch, clothes, accessories) with my patterns stitched by you can be sold but not if you are a business that specialises in such services.
If you choose to create multiple pieces based on my patterns (free, part of Ko-fi membership or sold in an online store) with the intention of selling them, then you are using copyrighted work for financial gain. I do not explicitly agree to this unless you approach me to discuss an agreement where you pay a licensing fee (a small percentage of the final cost of the finish that covers the cost of the pattern plus a symbolic license fee per finished product). Please, reach out to me via this contact form.
Please consider crediting me as the creator of the pattern whenever you post about your work using my patterns: Pattern by Cross-Stitch Vienna www.crossstitchvienna.at (online or in the information resource attached to the physical product).
3. Hypertext links
Hypertext links to the website may be included without prior written consent from CSV. CSV shall not be held liable or responsible for the contents of any sites which link to its website.
4. Downloading patterns from CSV
By downloading patterns from Cross-Stitch Vienna and accepting the Terms & Conditions listed here, you also acknowledge you understand the privacy policy of Cross-Stitch Vienna.
5. Questions? Contact me!
I will be happy to answer any of your questions. Shoot me a message here.
