> Thats the problem with applying authoritative tenants to every issue. Leaves no room for logic.
SHHH! Quiet! Don't say such things, or you'll be accused of moral reletivism!!!
I wonder if such glittering intellects as Pro's recognize that there is a fundamental difference between selling a drawing of a drawing, and selling a drawing of a machine that was made to serve some non-being-drawn function. What sort of mind does it take to believe that he needs to be paid every time someone else makes a nickle?
If someone started makign knock-off 737's or B-52's, then there's a clear case. But making a *model* of a 737 or B-52? Where the hell does it end? If I market a globe, do I have to pay a royalty to the UN or France?
I can almost hear the adding machine over in the UN's Legal Dept.