Originally Posted by
ausf
I don't know the legalities behind backing up software, but even if you have two copies, you can only use one. If one of those copies end's up on a friends computer, then it's technically theft, right?
If you buy a zombie bust from me and copy it, not only don't I have quality control over the copy, potentially hurting my brand, but I was robbed of the second sale. Not saying you would or are an evil villain, but a big part of the expense of resin is the molding, so I doubt anyone would only run one copy and destroy the mold. So maybe a couple, not to sell, but to have for practice, maybe hook up a friend. Then that friend paints his and puts it in a show, where a couple a hundred people look at it a see a crappy copy full of patch work and judge my product based on something I have no control of.
I think you're allowed to copy software in case your computer crashes or something, but I do know you're not supposed to give that copy to anyone else.
As for the rest, very informative. I hadn't really thought of it like that before. Makes me wonder about using measurements from other models. Legal or not, it may not be the right thing to do. I imagine the modelmaker did a lot of research into sizes before making the model. I was thinking of buying a 1/35th scale Meillerwagen and just copying it in styrene cut from their measurements (just from sheet and tube and stuff like evergreen and plastruct) and increased to 1/16th scale. Not for sale, mind you, but just for personal use. I think in that case I should be OK, since I can't get a kit in 1/16th it actually increases my consumerism by buying a kit I wouldn't have purchased for any other reason. And a lot of modelers check measurement to make sure a kit is accurate, and once you have info you have it, eh? Or am I just trying to find an excuse not to feel guilty about it?
