If some people allow free copying of thier designs does that mean all boat designers should feel the same way? If changing the hatches or rigging on a deck constitutes a "new" design then would adding a hatch or rigging to an existing boat make it a new design and the person adding the hatch or rigging a boat designer? Some of the arguments I have read here sound very much like they come from people who either have never had an idea worth stealing or simply don't care and can't see why anyone else should care. When your livelyhood depends upon the application of your intellectual property you tend to care. To argue that you can simply design another boat puts the original thinker in the unenviable situation of having to stay ahead of the design thieves who can simply lie in wait for your next brainstorm and rip it off. Most small boat designers have the same problem - the cost of litigation and the unreliability of the court system (at least here in North America). The following web site might prove interesting to some. I had never seen law suits as game theory but it certainly looks clever. http://www.economics.laurentian.ca/Strategic_Think.27/Modules/Course_Schedul e.98/LAW/Nuisance%20Suits/nuisance_suits_more.htm Cheers John Winters *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 11 2004 - 10:17:00 PDT
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