[Rhodes22-list] Question for Captain Effros & Captain Crawford

[Bill Effros]

Quickly, Ed,

The design of the mast hoist is Stan's property, but he won't be able to 
protect it.

We went through the manual thing, and technically it's his, but Rose 
told him to stop thinking that way.

Stan sells the boats outright, and anyone is free to buy and sell them 
thereafter.  He should charge a consulting fee for helping people in the 
after market. 

A guy like the new Mike would have saved a fortune if he had the benefit 
of Stan's knowledge before pouring money into fabricating his own parts.

Stan knows which boats are a good deal, and which aren't worth the 
price.  If he were inclined, he could corner the market for used R-22s 
and drive up the price on the good ones while leaving all the dogs for 
people who don't want to pay for his help.  But it's not his way.

Michael, as noted previously, is just a common carrier, with no claim on 
the intellectual property that flows through his machine.

Bill Effros

Tootle wrote:
> Bill & Frome,
>      You are our resident experts on intellectual property.  Maybe we can
> illicit some comment about some recent questions on this forum.
>       Would you say the design of the mast hoist system is Stan's
> intellectual property?  That if someone who has not purchased the unit
> either from Stan or someone who did get it from Stan (That is it came with a
> used boat), was to copy the design and make it base on the information
> received on thsi forum would be stealing?
>        Stan gives everyone an owners manual who purchases a boat from him. 
> If someone buys a used boat without inclusion of the manual and copies one
> off the list, shouldn't they send Stan a reasonable amount for the manual,
> let us say $100.00?
>        In addition, Stan has requested a commission on boats bought and sold
> on this list.  Is a small stipend appropriate for the agency making this
> forum available?  What about when someone asks for and gets specific
> information over this list, the recipient must send Michael Meltzer 5% of
> the value of the information received?  
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
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