Netters,
I have over the past months seen a good many complaints about Rand
Robinson. I would not do anything as far as building an aircraft with
modifications from a set of RR plans until I checked with an attorney but it
seemsto me since there is no patent on the Rand method of building that I
know of, the method can be used by anyone that wants to use it. Even if a
patent was applied for and granted when the method was first thought of by
Ken Rand, The 17 years a patent is good for is now long past.
In view of the above it is my opinion that an aircraft may be built
using KR plans as a guide and if so much as one deviation from the plans is
made, it is not a KR but an original design.
I see nothing wrong or illegal about this and if anyone builds from a
set of plans purchased from someone who bought them from RR and built an
aircraft from them, Mrs Rand brought this on herself by treating customers
and potential customers like she could care less weather they buy plans or
parts from her.
----- Original Message -----
From: "michaela" <micha...@tonypickering.com>
To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: KR> buying plans
> Over the past three years I have purchased 8-9 sets of experimental
> aircraft plans, most from the original source, but a couple online from
> third parties after confirming they had not been previously used to build
> a plane. When purchasing from the original designer, or the designer's
> heirs, I'm often, no usually, very disappointed in the level of service.
> More than once, I have had to call/email over and over, even threaten
> legal action, just to receive the plans I have pre-paid for. In one case,
> I simply never received them, but my check was cashed... Ironically, the
> plans I have purchased or traded for through e-groups or Barnstormers have
> arrived promptly, in excellent condition, as promised. I recently traded
> one of my sets for another design and both of us simply gave each others
> word that we would put them in the mail, provided each other with the
> confirmation delivery number, and within a week, we both were proud owners
> of designs we were now interested in.
>
> There are a lot of good people in the world, but not everyone has what it
> takes to run a business. If plans distributors want to make $$ off their
> intellectual property, but don't want to, or perhaps are unable to, take
> on the responsibility of providing quality service I wish they would admit
> so to themselves and find a distributor who is willing to do so. I'm sure
> there are companies out there who would be happy to take on the
> responsibility of licensing KR plans, and would probably provide Mrs. Rand
> reasonable compensation for doing so. Its not exactlly a new business
> model...
>
> Tony
>
> ps this opinion may be worth twice the value of my previous post... and
> three times what you paid for it...
>
>
>
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