moog patent filer - was Re: 303 vco

[Julian Higginson]

relatively OT.

Clarissa Fragile wrote:

> and as a final word on theft:
> Just about everyone in Australia or the "new world" is living on borrowed
> time and stolen land.

Not just the new world. all land has been stolen from someone at
sometime.... 

> I bet half of your DIY studio is based off of or
> stolen from someone elses' work. Just a thought. Direct any replies to
> this possibly inflamatory remark privately.
> 
well it's kind of interesting (to me) how patants work. I guess the
exact laws are different in different parts of the world, but isn't a
patent meant to be protection for _commercial use_ of an original idea?

eg, going back to an example made previously of moog transistor ladder
VCF's. Building your own transistor ladder filter is not infringing the
patent. However, building them and selling them  to other people is. (if
of course the patent was still in effect)

So there. This is kind of relevant to DIY-ing. :)


julian

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