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if its an active patent then no,
if its a patent that has expired, then I cant see any harm. @moyano the usb shares some similarities but no its not an f218 copy... true there are a lot of clone copy cabs out there, is this right... in some cases I cant see a problem like discontinued designs were the patent has now expired... But defo its not right to copy production cabs or cabs covered by a patent in date.
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Timebomb
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Ask them, Patents should not really be there to stop others from doing things, certainly if there not in competition with the patent holder, there there to stop people ripping off ideas and profiting from others research without paying there dues. If you ask and offer a small sum they might be quite open, and respectful of the fact you asked rather than just did it anyway.
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S&P
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There's no ambiguity here. You would be 100% in the wrong, legally, morally and by what ever other measure, unless you get authorisation from the current patent holder. What you're asking is would I get away with it? I guess you probably would whilst you're mot manufacturing them, but personally I would hope the patent holder found out and came after you. It would be IP theft, plain and simple. And theft is theft in my book regardless of whether you nick my telly or nick my patent (and I hold a few by the way).
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GEB
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^Pah!
Go for it dude, it sounds like its not for production anyway and not going to effect the patent holder with loss of sales. |
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Abe The Babe
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I think the general consensus is to ask the patent holders. Seems fair. Like GEB says it's not going to effect the patent holders with loss of sales especially considering they don't make anything for my purposes. So hopefully it's not an issue if I ever do decide to do it.
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Requiem
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As long as your not manufacturing and selling the cabinets, merely modifying your own speakers for your own use i do not see there being a huge issue there myself?
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gorgo
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A great deal of the things we use, phones, laptops, dsp, speakers etc are made in China via hacked plans, some of these are blatant copyright infringements, the Chinese don't give a dam and the end users don't seem to have any moral problems, so if you are using this to upgrade you're own speakers I see no moral issue whatsoever, go for it.
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S&P
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The words of someone who has never paid for or owned a patent presumably. Of course there is a moral issue!!! That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. If you take something that doesn't belong to you and that you have no right to use, it's theft. It's a pretty simple concept and someone who knowingly does it is a thief as clear as day. So what if the end user doesn't care or other people do it? It doesn't justify theft in the first place. Just because shoplifting is rife and people buy snide gear from markets doesn't make it OK to steal from shops does it? Yours seems to be yet another example of the 'don't give a sh*t unless it's on my doorstep' and 'I can do what I want, regardless of what the law is crystal clear on' attitude that's prevalent nowadays.
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gorgo
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wow, dumb, yes it is as you say, however the point I was making is, no one seems to care anymore, phones are the biggest breach of copyright at the moment via the Chinese manufacturers, there are millions being used and no one has a moral issue using them, no I do not have any patents, however I do have four registered designs to my name, I chose personal design registration over patent to avoid them being freely looked at and copied, the patent system is floored in my oppinion but that is another story, the audio market is full of people back engineering other peoples property and re badging it, cdj's and t1200s instantly come to mind, just because our oppinions differ I see no reason for personal insults
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S&P
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OK. Let’s explore this. The essence of your justification for thinking it’s morally ok to take someone else’s property is that patent law is weak and apparently unenforceable in some regions. If the law were stronger, is it suddenly not morally OK? Moral behaviour is nothing to do with the law; it’s about what is right and what is wrong. And taking something that doesn’t belong to you is wrong. |
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gorgo
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I did not say it was morally ok, infact I agreed it was how you said, what I said was no one seems to care anymore, but it seems all you want to do is fight and throw insults and innuendo at me, many on this thread have said just do it, all I see is you standing on your soap box calling me dumb and saying I am whats wrong with society, lol, I find it difficult to have a balanced and intelligent conversation with morally perfect soap box preachers who conveniently forget those morals when they want to insult people, however im sure there are many religious groups who would welcome your talents for preaching all things moral, have a good day.
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GEB
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