All; I think Ron is saying that Stan's estate is presumably not interested, and Ed L. (who possibly paid for some number of the originals, which might or might not matter) is on this list and has not raised an objection at this point, so there is little reason to assume anyone has an interest in asserting a prior right to the models.
If these were items from a current or past manufacturer or even a current modeler who might object to the production, I'm sure Bill would not have begun the project. Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 5/18/11, ctxmf74 <[email protected]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], > "dphobbies" <dphobbies@...> wrote: > > > > This ought to be pretty simple. Pay the guy that > is making the stuff and helping out the scale. He paid > "HIS" money for the patterns so that should be the end of > it. He doesn't need anyone's permission to use what he > purchased unless it was purchased with restrictions, which > it wasn't. > > I don't think that's the way copyright laws > work? Generally when buying a product one can make > copies for personal use only, the restrictions are implied. > Those containers on the product announcement don't look like > the "patterns" they look like a a unit of the previous > production? Are you saying they were sold as > "patterns" for future commercial production? ...dave ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
