Ethics in Lure making.

[fedu]

tackle whore wrote:

komodo poppers are copied by 6 companies- still trying to get you original ones fedu . carpenter,fisherman,evergreen,smith, sevenseas,yozuri, are all copied by international companies, see there is a guy copying orions again in australia at the moment.

Microsoft allways copyed other companys and we are all using and buying from them.....

Has I indiciated Ethics and Law are two different things and both have changed over the years.

If we go to big pharmaceutical companys then the issue is even more enigmatic, generic manufacturers copying is there to stay and they don't change or improve the formula.

I think none of us in this forum would say it's un-ethichal the generic copy of medicine products.

I also think copyright laws have been used over the years by developed countrys to maintaing the "gap" with underdeveloped ones.

Where do we cross a line on the general access to the public versus individual property blocking by target marketing high pricing on products?

Some years protection to allow payment of investigation & research cost ? Or forget the general good and keep it locked forever ?

Just open up when there is "genuine public intrest" like in AIDS medicine ? Who is going to decide about the "genuine public intrest" ?

P.S. - Hope I managed to put in understandable English my questions.

 

[Fanie]

Copying lures for your own use (as with anything else) is not against the law. Copying anything for selling however is a criminal offence.

I would rather design the specific lure over from new, with it's unique and improved shape, action, colours. There are few existing things that cannot be improved on.

 

[benniejordaan]

fedu wrote

P.S. - By the way this is a "lure copy proof of concept machine"

I need one of these! :spite
Cool thing is I build machines for a living, watch this space!

 

[Ben REINERS]

I agree with u TW , but the odd guys like Bennie , myself  & othes are not duplicating nor copying , thus no crime nor consciensiuosly.

There may be the guys in SA trying their luck and thats would be punishishable by using them as live bait:fishn

We keep ourselves busy with own designs , non-factory mas production machinery  , handpainted etc.

Regards TW Ben.