[sdiy] Re: Doepfer A-105 looks like Oakley Multiladder?

[Kyn Si]

That is not entirely true. Everything you create is automatically protected 
under international copyright laws. The problem is not the protection but 
the determination that you are in fact the creator. Here in The Netherlands 
you can send anything you like to a special office, strangely enough part 
of the tax organisation, and they stamp it for you so it has an official 
date registration mark.
If you were to send a pcb or a completed circuit in a specially closed 
envelope and were to have it 'date-stamped' you're protected.
It's up to the judge to decide if a copyright infringement has been made, 
but at least you can prove you created something before a specified date.

Interesting link: http://www.wipo.org (international copyright organisation)

Adios,

Corneel.


-->An electronic circuit can ONLY be protected by patent; an expensive and
-->time consuming process.
-->
-->Copyrighting a DRAWING of a circuit only protects the drawing and not
-->the circuit. Anyone can redraw the circuit and/or use the circuit
-->without legal consequence unless the circuit is protected by patent.
-->
-->Companies getting inspired or actually just using the circuitry is a
-->very common occurence in all phases of the electronic industry (other
-->fields also). This is a good thing for the general quality of goods and
-->services we enjoy as consumers, but it makes life difficult for the
-->individual inventor.
-->
-->Blacet Research does license certain types of circuitry from engineers
-->who have shown expertise and invention. These circuits are not usually
-->published on the internet. We do this to maintain working relationships
-->with these engineers and to acknowledge their work. Patents are
-->typically not involved.
-->
-->If you have a novel idea, chances are it is not so novel. The current
-->discussion about bringing filter stages taps out  for recombining is
-->something that has been seen in the EM field for a long time. We used a
-->similar technique 20 years ago for the Phasefilter, for one example.
-->___________________
-->John Blacet
-->Blacet Research
-->http://www.blacet.com
-->
-->




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