08-12-2010, 12:08 AM
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Pickin' and launching.
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 267
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Carl,
I, like the others, can't believe the "goodwill" that has seemingly disappeared. This is the last thing I would have thought of happening. Guess I won't be making any more square clones either. I know they have big money and can end up doing whatever they want, probably, but here is something I found while looking for answers.
LIMITATIONS ON THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS
The copyright owner's exclusive rights are subject to a number of exceptions and limitations that give others the right to make limited use of a copyrighted work. Major exceptions and limitations are outlined in this section.
Ideas
Copyright protects only against the unauthorized taking of a protected work's "expression." It does not extend to the work's ideas, procedures, processes, systems, methods of operation, concepts, principles, or discoveries.
With this statement from Copyright Law, you can continue to make all parts for any rocket kit.
Just like the Saturn V for example. They can copyright their picture of their Saturn V but nothing else. They can't make you NOT make your "expression" of a Saturn V. Especially if you only offer the parts and not a kit. If there is any other copyright involving a Saturn V, I would think someone at NASA would hold it. This would follow through with any Scale or real rocket.
Just talking out loud.
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