John Theune wrote:

I read the cited material and find it hard to argue that model makers
should not pay a licensing fee of 1.5% of profit from the sale of a
model.

For non-government-funded models, I agree. For instance, I don't have a
problem with Ford charging a fee to license Mustang models.

However, the gray area is introduced when modeling government-funded designs
(usually military). The first question to be asked is "Who owns the
intellectual property rights?" If Lockheed owns the IP for the F-22 Raptor,
for instance, then they certainly have the right to license the product as
they see fit. If not, then they have no right to demand royalties.

In any case, I'm not convinced a 1.5% margin would kill the market.

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