VP-2 Plans

"Morgans" wrote in message
...

"Peter Dohm" wrote

I don't recall where, but I seem to recall that someone sued Burt Rutan
following an accident in either a VariEze or LongEze. According to the
story, Rutan won the case but was sufficiently annoyed that he
discontinued
any association with plans sales.

Do you suppose that he won't be putting out the plans for Spaceship One?
g
--
Jim in NC


It doesn't look very promising. g

Actually, I'm just glad that the Defiant plans were released.

Peter

Montblack wrote:
("Dan" wrote)
What, a thread with no frays? I am shocked, SHOCKED!


I'd check the ground.


Montblack-wire-goes-where?


I looked outside, yep, the ground is still there. No checks, cash only.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

"Morgans" wrote:

Do you suppose that he won't be putting out the plans for Spaceship
One? g

Since he was issued a patent on it, I'm sure you can gain access to it
through said office...

On Apr 14, 9:51 pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On 14 Apr 2007 13:59:56 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 14, 4:42 pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On 14 Apr 2007 09:16:57 -0700, "Lou" wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a copywrite last for
a certain amount of time then it has to be renewed? If not
renewed in time, it becomes public domain.

Yes, but the period is at least 75 years past the death of the author.

But there is no longer such a thing as renewal.

They've made other changes to allow owners to prevent works from lapsing into
the public domain. The copyright on many of Disney's cartoon characters was due
to expire, and you can be sure the company won't let *that* happen....


Sonny Bono sponsored some sort of Micky Mouse law extending
copyright protections for cartoon characters. But I think that
extension has or soon will run out.

IMHO, a cartoon character ought to be protected under trademark
like a caricature used as a logo.

--

FF

On 15 Apr 2007 11:27:52 -0700, wrote:

Sonny Bono sponsored some sort of Micky Mouse law extending
copyright protections for cartoon characters. But I think that
extension has or soon will run out.

IMHO, a cartoon character ought to be protected under trademark
like a caricature used as a logo.

It can, but the movies & cartoons themselves were different. The copyrights on
the earliest Disney cartoons had been slated to expire, and the company didn't
want repackagers to re-issue them (without paying their pound of flesh to
Disney, of course).

Ron Wanttaja

On Apr 15, 7:50 pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On 15 Apr 2007 11:27:52 -0700, wrote:

Sonny Bono sponsored some sort of Micky Mouse law extending
copyright protections for cartoon characters. But I think that
extension has or soon will run out.

IMHO, a cartoon character ought to be protected under trademark
like a caricature used as a logo.

It can, but the movies & cartoons themselves were different. The copyrights on
the earliest Disney cartoons had been slated to expire, and the company didn't
want repackagers to re-issue them (without paying their pound of flesh to
Disney, of course).


Ah yes. Trademarks may be used without permission, so long as they
are not used deceptively.

--

FF

On Apr 14, 10:13 pm, Ed Sullivan wrote:
On 14 Apr 2007 14:01:23 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 14, 4:16 pm, "Lou" wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a copywrite last for
a certain amount of time then it has to be renewed? If not
renewed in time, it becomes public domain.
...

Since you asked for corrections, you misspelt 'copyright'.

Since you brought it up, the dictionary does not contain Misspelt as a
variant of misspelled.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misspelt

--

FF

On 15 Apr 2007 18:00:21 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 14, 10:13 pm, Ed Sullivan wrote:
On 14 Apr 2007 14:01:23 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 14, 4:16 pm, "Lou" wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a copywrite last for
a certain amount of time then it has to be renewed? If not
renewed in time, it becomes public domain.
...

Since you asked for corrections, you misspelt 'copyright'.

Since you brought it up, the dictionary does not contain Misspelt as a
variant of misspelled.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misspelt

O.K., I stand corrected, what's the world coming to.

Ed Sullivan wrote:
On 15 Apr 2007 18:00:21 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 14, 10:13 pm, Ed Sullivan wrote:
On 14 Apr 2007 14:01:23 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 14, 4:16 pm, "Lou" wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a copywrite last for
a certain amount of time then it has to be renewed? If not
renewed in time, it becomes public domain.
...
Since you asked for corrections, you misspelt 'copyright'.
Since you brought it up, the dictionary does not contain Misspelt as a
variant of misspelled.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misspelt

O.K., I stand corrected, what's the world coming to.

Actually the world ended at 2400 GMT 31 December 1999. It seems
rec.aviation.homebuilt isn't Y2K compliant.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Since you asked for corrections, you misspelt 'copyright'.

Since you brought it up, the dictionary does not contain Misspelt as a
variant of misspelled.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misspelt

O.K., I stand corrected, what's the world coming to.

Actually, "misspelt" may be obsolete, but still appears in some
dictionaries.

Dictionary.com shows it, as follows:

mis·spell /m?s'sp?l/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled
Pronunciation[mis-spel] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
-verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -spelled
or -spelt, -spell·ing. to spell incorrectly.

[Origin: 1645-55; mis-1 + spell1]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

I don't have a cross reference to the OED, but they would presumably have
some discussion as well.

Peter