Re: Carbon Dragon
*ADMIN EDIT* The following posts are copied from a previous thread - Jman
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The answer is that yes, they are covered by copyright. Copyright is conferred on a work upon creation, whether the creator actually registers it with the copyright office or not. Registration only provides an enhanced means of proving priority in a court dispute.
Unfortunately, I have to agree with Addaon - you're selling these plans in violation of the estate's copyright upon them and are liable to penalty if the estate comes after you on it. Selling them just makes it worse - even giving them away isn't within "fair use". I fully agree that this design should be "out there", but that's the estate's decision, not ours.
Your best bet at this point is to pull this post, then contact Jim's surviving relatives and see if they would be willing to allow you to manage the sale of the plans, probably with a "cut" going to them. Or, if they're concerned about liability, find out what they'd want to purchase the rights to the design outright.
Otherwise you're on thin and breaking ice both legally and morally. This stuff, quite simply, isn't yours to sell.
*ADMIN EDIT* The following posts are copied from a previous thread - Jman
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The answer is that yes, they are covered by copyright. Copyright is conferred on a work upon creation, whether the creator actually registers it with the copyright office or not. Registration only provides an enhanced means of proving priority in a court dispute.
Unfortunately, I have to agree with Addaon - you're selling these plans in violation of the estate's copyright upon them and are liable to penalty if the estate comes after you on it. Selling them just makes it worse - even giving them away isn't within "fair use". I fully agree that this design should be "out there", but that's the estate's decision, not ours.
Your best bet at this point is to pull this post, then contact Jim's surviving relatives and see if they would be willing to allow you to manage the sale of the plans, probably with a "cut" going to them. Or, if they're concerned about liability, find out what they'd want to purchase the rights to the design outright.
Otherwise you're on thin and breaking ice both legally and morally. This stuff, quite simply, isn't yours to sell.
