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

[Peter Thorn]

Michael is definitely not common.

PT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Question for Captain Effros & Captain Crawford


> 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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> >
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