From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_comcast.net)
Date: Mon Sep 22 2003 - 20:22:08 PDT
somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 9/22/03 7:27 PM, the entity known
as Peter Cameron transmitted the following from pdwc_at_sympatico.ca:
> on 9/22/03 6:11 PM, Andrei Chichak at acpmiedm_at_telusplanet.net wrote:
>> I'm not arguing, but I reiterate:
>>> If you fail to
>>> protect your copyrights, you give up your copyrights. This is not an
>>> opinion, this is copyright law.
> So, if you have deep pockets or feel your competition won't take you
> court, you're saying it's fine to steal other people's ideas?
> David spent a lot of time and effort to come up with the SER-001. He
> sold it to the Newton community at a price that probably barely covered his
> production costs and certainly didn't come close to compensating him for the
> R&D time required.
> Ferdi in his email to David said his was a 'home brew' of David's
> design. Fine if you're making one for personal use I suppose. But I see
> selling them to others as a violation of David's intellectual copyright,
> unless he has a deal with David to pay a royalty for each copy sold.
> Sure, David could get a lawyer, but it would probably cost him more for
> the consultation than he could even hope to make from another couple of
> production runs. The community (market) is small and innovators like David
> should be supported.
>
> Peter
Ah, but it would cost Ferdi at least as much to defend it. AND... Wouldn't
Ferdi have to pay the costs when (not if!) he's found guilty? Of course,
GETTING him to pay is another thing...
- Eric.
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