Is he selling printed copies or a CAD file of his plans now? I wonder if he would consent to having someone purchase a copy and then resize them to 1/5 or 1/6 for personal use? I prefer to buy a plan from the copywrite holder and getting permission to resize before taking any action.

It is a pet pev of mine. There are too many supposedly "nice guys" selling plans illegally owned by RCM, Airplane News, kit manufacturers, etc. and modelers keep buying them. I my book these guys are still thieves hurting our hobby and the modelers who support them are receiving stolen property, yes legally you are guilty and can be sued just like the recording industry sued the Napster users. Even though you paid for the plans they are still stolen. In my opinion I think this and other forums should attempt to shut these thieves out and us hobbyists have a moral and legal responsibility NOT to buy illegal copies and report those selling them to the forum and the copywrite owners. Read the news, other websites are facing multimillion dollar lawsuits for copywrite infringement and website like RCUniverse could be next if they don't take action. I would hate to lose my favorite forums because they got sued out of existence without having deep enough pockets to fight the legal battle.