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Re: royalties
By:Nick Schade
Date: 6/11/1998, 8:56 pm
In Response To: Re: royalties (Mark Kanzler)

I consider the designs mine regardless of how you obtain the lines. I think most people would consider it unethical to build a boat from a bootleg set of lines. I have in no way given up my rights to the design by publishing a catalog or for that matter a book containing the lines. Both the catalog and the book are covered by copyright, you can not even Xerox them without my permission except for fair-use reasons.

As I've said in other threads, scaling a design does not change it. The design still belongs to the designer even if you were to make it Titanic sized.

> What if I Xerox the study drawings (forms) for the Guillemot
> Play, and just blow them up to 26 inch beam on the Xerox, and use
> the forms to build a double?

Messages In This Thread

Let the games begin
Phillip Kearney -- 6/10/1998, 11:53 pm
Re: royalties
Don Beale -- 6/11/1998, 2:40 pm
Re: royalties
Nick Schade -- 6/11/1998, 8:49 pm
Re: royalties
Paul Jacobson -- 6/13/1998, 3:20 am
Re: royalties
Nick Schade -- 6/13/1998, 9:21 pm
Re: Hull Shapes and Handling
Mark Kanzler -- 6/15/1998, 12:10 am
Re: Hull Shapes and Handling
Nick Schade -- 6/15/1998, 7:50 pm
Re: royalties
Don Beale -- 6/12/1998, 12:54 pm
Re: Design Rights (What constitutes a new design?)
Mark Kanzler -- 6/12/1998, 10:21 am
Re: Design Rights (What constitutes a new design?)
Nick Schade -- 6/12/1998, 10:34 pm
Designs are protected actually
NPenney -- 6/15/1998, 8:39 am
Re: Design Rights (What constitutes a new design?)
Kevin Sheppard -- 6/12/1998, 2:19 pm
Re: Design Rights (What constitutes a new design?)
Paul Jacobson -- 6/13/1998, 3:11 am
Re: Design Rights (What constitutes a new design?)
Mark Kanzler -- 6/12/1998, 2:34 pm
Re: royalties
Mark Kanzler -- 6/11/1998, 3:16 pm
Re: royalties
Nick Schade -- 6/11/1998, 8:56 pm
Re: royalties
Nick Schade -- 6/11/1998, 8:55 pm