From: Woo Lee (vitcitylb_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Oct 26 2003 - 23:40:01 PST
Wow, legit info. from someone caught stealing MR.PCBMan's design and
product AND trying to sell it as his own on ebay, not on NTLK where he
would have been caught earlier.
Why is it that ferdi knows 'this' but gets caught stealing?...and still
hasn't apologized for ripping David off. ferdi has apologized before.
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>One cannot copyright a PCB design, one can patent a design, however, the
>patent offices are normally wary to offer patents for simpler PCB designs
as
>this stifles competition in the marketplace. The one exception that
allows
>one to copyright a PCB is in the event that is is soley used for artistic
>purpose (ie it is framed and hung on a wall).
>
>Pictures/Text are a different matter and can be copyrighted.
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