My Current Build

[The Eskimo Quinn]

yes as art it is protected, but under copyright laws, it simply means it cannot be copied in the actual sense of copy like a photocopy, but it can be re drawn just like an art reproduction, and it can be built. to prvent it from being copied in a reproductive manner it needs a design patent, many companies who make fabric patterns of a special nature do this and architects do it also for house designs.

unfortunately you are only protected from someone copying your actual drawing as in cut and paste manner and publishing it elsewhere becasue it is actually that picture or art, the same as general art work. as far as design goes, you have already missed the design patent boat, and drawings of structure do not cover construction unless they form part of a patent applied for item.

Don't panic though, i dare say it doesn't work yet, so the design as it is is not the working product. Once you build it and it works, I doubt credit will be an issue unless it mirrors a set of plans already on here or elsewhere.

they show no dimesions or weight or specific movement anyway, so there is no application, simply a drwing of an indian wishing ring minus the feathers.

Don't get too upset, I built and filmed the first over the top magnetic smot that self started, and had a dozen people say they had done it before or seen it before, yet none could show proof of prior claims. It is the nature of the game. as i said earlier, maybe you are not the first, maybe a dozen other people thought of it but never built it, maybe no one did. But stress is something that only ruins your thinking pattern.

If you belive you were the first, I belive you are being honest and that should be enough, if other feel the same, then I have no reason to belive they too are not being honest. So at the end of the day, i have to say when i used video, i thought video wins, but that also is not true for claims.

easiest solution is one thought, think only this

He is Me, we both believe the same thing and we are both working on the same project though we never met, fuuuuuuck me, how cool is that? two people from different worlds maybe even different lands working on the same project and believe the same thing, twins should be so lucky. wait until you are out in the world of business and you are just looking for that one person who thinks the same way you do and belives what you do, and then you will see what a gift you are to each other.

[grayone]

The Eskimo Quinn; That is some very informative information. So simply put. If you want to protect it, do not show it, until you have proper registered protection. But if you don't mind giving it away. Go ahead and post it.

[Bessler007]

Thank you for the informative information, The Eskimo Quinn.

I have an idea for a wheel that uses an olive branch and a coon ass I'm sure no one has tried.  If built with precision it goes round and round.  I won't post it just yet.




Bessler007

[Dave45]

Dont mean to step on anyone's thread but here's a wheel I thought of the other day, sorry about the poor art it was drawn in paint.

[AB Hammer]

Thank you for the informative information, The Eskimo Quinn.

I have an idea for a wheel that uses an olive branch and a coon ass I'm sure no one has tried.  If built with precision it goes round and round.  I won't post it just yet.




Bessler007

LOL WRIGHT Here is a more entertaining one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCpCvID6XD8&feature=channel_page