[sdiy] Legal issues of cloning

[Andy Robins]

Due to the ridiculous prices that ARP 2600's are going for theses days, I built my own clone and added full VCO's with sync for under £1k

http://www.flickr.com/photos/arp2600clone/sets/72157635156301330/

The TTSH project started about the same time as I was planning mine, but I didn't really want a mini version that was locked onto a single PCB.

I don't have a problem in cloning a desirable synth for my own use… but I'm not sure about the commercial kit aspect of it, if permission hasn't been legally secured.




On 7 Oct 2013, at 07:30, John Ames <commodorejohn at gmail.com> wrote:

> It'd certainly be a whole lot more accessible for *me* to DIY a good
> JP8 clone (if such a kit were to be made available) than to save the
> $3-5K for the original, that's for sure.
> 
> On 10/6/13, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
>>>> Cloning is for sheep.
>> 
>>> Cloning for profit. Yes, let's stop encouraging this practice
>>> and get back to the true spirit of diy and experimenting.
>> 
>> While I mostly agree (and I've never had the desire to clone anything), I
>> think it can be very useful in two ways:
>> 1.  It makes certain rare items available again (such as the new ARP 2600
>> clone project, which I plan to build)
>> 2.  It is a useful learning exercise for those new to synth DIY (and for
>> some old to it as well).
>> 
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