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QUOTE (cazboab @ Jan 5 2009, 04:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well, since this is out before the magpull pts version, its kinda hard for it to be based on its design one would think, and if they are sucsessfull in enforceing a ruleing based on the real steel, the only guns you'll be able to buy in any of the countrys its enforcable will be public domain items(armalites, 1911s etc) or the "official" version, wich in most cases would be more expensive than better "knock off" versions.
True, but an IP is still an IP. Regardless of internal workings (be it RS or airsoft), an overall aesthetic still has legal bearing and until the Masada's aesthetic is commonly used by multiple different RS manufacturers and thereby becomes public domain, it's still Magpul's, no one else's. To that end, regardless of whether or not a pre-existing airsoft Masada has been produced, Magpul PTS has exclusive license with Magpul to reproduce the Masada in airsoft. So based solely on overall aesthetic, Magpul PTS has precedence in this case against any other Masada by any other airsoft manufacturer, unless the other replicas out there deviate significantly enough in overall aesthetic. If that were the case, then the alternate design would be considered a unique piece of IP.
But I understand what you're saying cazboab. The potential for this to be used maliciously by the likes of Cybergun et al, is highly worrisome.
QUOTE (Bareknuckle @ Jan 5 2009, 11:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I don't think anyone is saying that the Madbull officially licensed stuff is overpriced or bad. Their stuff is great and actually quite cheap! It's just that for every Madbull, you have a Cybergun or Umarex that would rather buy up ACM stuff and put on (sometimes inaccurate) trademarks and jack up the price rather than doing what Madbull does and put their (great) trademarks on quality stuff. If what Madbull and Magpul are doing catches on, I can see a few more Cyberguns and Umarexs jumping into the market. That doesn't help anyone.
And while I support Magpul and Madbull, I don't support Cybergun or Umarex as the latter two are clearly in it for financial gain and care little for what is actually produced. The point that a few of us have been trying to make is, that while Cybergun and Umarex are very much the definition of licensing gone wrong, Magpul and Madbull are two companies that are doing things right (or at least appear to be earnestly trying to do so). Don't penalize Magpul for the detrimental things other companies have done to the industry. Judge them on their own actions.
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(or just RX4, thanks correcting me), and probably some of the replicated airsoft guns (Are Armalites actually open-domain? With only 45~50 years? Sounds strange to me...) are protected from the same laws as the Masada here.
............... ill be even more happy when i see it.
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