Homebrew PCBs

Rick,
Thanks for the very thought provoking mail.
Now, visualise this. I buy one hobby magazine. They provide a PCB design
with the mag which I want to get fabricated at home. I print the pcb from
the optical media provided with the mag on a tracing paper for making a
film.
Is there anything inappropriate? Kindly enlighten me.
73
SG

On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Rick Sparber <rgsparber@...> wrote:

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>
>
> Sudipta,
>
> Let me suggest a simple way to think about this.
>
> Say you developed a PCB layout at great expense and effort. I paid for a
> copy and you sent it to me. I had trouble printing it out after downloading
> but then fixed the problem. Then I printed out the repaired artwork which
> is
> identical to what you first sold me. How would you feel about me making
> copies and selling them without your permission?
>
>
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Sudipta Ghose
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 11:04 AM
> To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Printing of replica of PCB on paper
>
> Hi Rick!
> Thanks for the link. However, the design was paid for by me and it was
> emailed to me. The size went haywire on printing after downloading.
> 73
> SG
>
> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Rick Sparber <rgsparber@...> wrote:
>
> > **
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> >
> >
> > "By such printing of exact replica of PCB nobody's intellectual
> > property will be violated!"
> >
> > You may want to read this:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substantial_similarity
> >
> > Rick
>
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>



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