Peter wrote; >And building on earlier design ideas was exactly what happened with the >Nadgee, which as Matt noted, has different handling from the Mariner Max, >and is a different boat, developed by its maker, and in no way a simple copy >of the Max. Can you tell us how much a design must be changed before it becomes a new design. Or, looking at it from the othe direction, how little you need to change a design and not have it called a copy. 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/ ***************************************************************************
" Can you tell us how much a design must be changed before it becomes a new design. Or, looking at it from the othe direction, how little you need to change a design and not have it called a copy." Very wide question. At one end of the scale, a flop mould, is a copy of a boat's shape. Whether anything else is a copy is a question of fact in each case, as to how many points of similarity or identity there are. Can you tell us at what point you feel a boat design of yours has been copied, or on the other hand, just used as the beginning point for a new boat? I notice the lines of your boats are displayed at QCC kayaks website. How do you feel about someone taking those lines and making a cedar stripper for themselves? Any objection? What if they then sell it? Cheers, PT *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On 3 Aug 2004 at 7:34, John Winters wrote: > Can you tell us how much a design must be changed before it becomes a > new design. Or, looking at it from the othe direction, how little you > need to change a design and not have it called a copy. I wonder if you could get any help, in Canada at least, by declaring the design to be a work of art and its implimentation to be functional art. Even if an artist sells a work of art, the artist still controls the work. The owner is allowed to use it and enjoy it, but not modify or copy it in any way without the express consent of the work's creator. This came out of Michael Snow (artist) vs Cadillac Fairview (owners of the Eaton Centre in Toronto) when the owner of the mall tied little red ribbon's on Snow's geese sculpture as a way to celebrate the Christmas Season. Art is measured differently than industrial products and it may be easier to show that the copies are unfair. But, INAL. Mike Slightly tongue in cheek. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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