Apple 1 on eBay - shameless self promotion

Am 17 Dec 2005 19:40 meinte Bryan K. Blackburn: Well, neat. Cool! And congratulation to your great work. work. While Vince' Replika-1 has all the fun but different looks, yours may be directly taken as the real thing. The only difference I spotet beside chip dates and capacitors (which could be because it's an refurbished one), is the missing copyright line below 'Apple Computer 1'. I fear that in a very short time your boards (I assume you made more than one) will show up anounced as the real thing. With a little effort the missing line can be added - but even without, it's so close, that most non experts (and most self proclaimed) will take it as genuine Apple 1. Beside all the hassles for people that might pay 1+ grand for it while beliveing to make a bargain, just to realize at some point that they got framed. This might cause real damage to our hobby. But beside that people unknowingly selling one (hafter having bought one from a guy not been told that it's a Replica) follow the trail to you and add your name in a civil case, in a lot of countries this might be egliable for a criminal case. With a look at the board and your advertisement (eBay) it might be hard for any lawyer to argue that you realy did go all the length to make shure that everybody understands that it is a copy, and not an Apple 1 from Apple Computer. Recent efforts to crack down on product pirates (stron support does not need any complain by the trademark/copyright holder to go after a suspect. I perfectly understand how proud you are about your work, and I can just repeat how much I apreciate and like it. Gruss H. -- VCF Europa 7.0 am 29/30.April und 01.Mai 2006 in Muenchen http://www.vcfe.org/