Why Does the Stitchery Mall Require Registration?

We require registration and the check out process for all of the designs downloaded from the Sitchery Mall, even sample designs.

By registering, you will be able to have the designs you download stored in our database. If your computer crashes, or if you have a problem with a file that got corrupted during the download, you can always come back and download those designs again — without needing to search for them again.  Something to be aware of though, is that because of the volume of sample downloads that we have, we will only store a record of your downloaded samples for a period of not more than thirty (30) days.

Second, Texas residents must be charged sales tax.  It's state law, and we stand to be in a lot of trouble if we fail to charge taxes appropriately. We would like to avoid that trouble if we can!

We also require registration because protecting the copyrights of our digitizers is very important to us. Illegal design sharing and selling has really dictated that we have a way to verify that someone who downloads designs from our mall has agreed not to violate the rights of the digitizers who work so hard to produce the wonderful designs we are able to display.

Because of this, we have instituted a system that ensures three things:

1. Every user who downloads designs from this site has provided us with an address so that appropriate taxes may be changed.
2. Every user who downloads designs from this site has agreed not to violate the copyrights of our digitizers.
3. We have contact information on file to assist our digitizers in the protection of their copyrights.

You should also know that our contract with the digitizers who sell designs through the Stitchery Mall names Whizardries, Inc. (the owner of the mall) as an agent for copyright enforcement.