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Copyrights (was: Sub Plans)
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999 14:50:04 -0700 (MST) John Brownlee writes:
> It is entirely possible that the good Captain has done exactly
>this: that is, protected the drawings and design documents themselves
via
>copyright. In any event, it is probably of questionable legality to copy
>them. I am sure anyone who has the drawings can relate whether or not
>there are restrictions on them put there by the creator.
As it happens, I purchased some of the drawings for the K-250. So
I just scrambled around to see if I could actually find them so I can
look for the copyright notice.
How fortunate: the Kittredge folder was on top of a 1998 pile!
Drawing number "K250-D02 & 3" is dated 10/16/77 and has printed
on it a copyright notice, for Kittredge Industries, Inc., dated 1971.
Further, the booklet listing plans has on the back something I had to
sign when, in 1981, I purchased the partial plans: "I agree that I
will
build only one K-250 submarine for my own personal use."
I have no reason to believe the K-350 plans would not be copyrighted.
That answers that question.
That having been learned, does anyone know the legal side to keeping
reference copies of plans? These are never to be used for construction,
and may be incomplete.
I plan to design my own, and the K-250 plans were purchased as a
guide to standards. And as a known quantity, well-tested.
For surface boats, the convention seems to be one boat from one set
of plans; subsequent hulls from that set may be build after determining
from the designer what a fair design fee might be.
Michael B. Holt
Oregon Hill, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
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