[sdiy] Legal issues of cloning

[Nicholas Keller]

Wow.  Beautiful job.   I'll be building a TTSH but will always be jealous of your VCO outs.  

Based on my browsing of the 2600 service manual, it looks like a delight to "clone".   

Nick



> On Oct 7, 2013, at 3:16 AM, Andy Robins <andyr at atlanticheights.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 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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