Originally Posted by EUROREV
Do you realize what you have said " Because we went a different route its a waste of our time" that's your personal opinion. If everyone went the same route then we would be like everyone else. Also its also known in America as Copyright infringement. How bold can your statement get.
You misread (or I poorly worded) my statement. What was meant was that you went a different route than everyone else yet are treating it as a waste of your time to explain why you went a different route on the pulley's.
Copy Right infringement does not apply here (see below). The correct statement would be patent infringement but again it does not apply in this case. There is no patent you are having to contend with (or at least none that are enforced).
Copyright is a statutory or common law right of authors, artists, and developers (or other holders of a copyright) to publish their works, and to prevent others from copying their works. Infringement includes the unauthorized or unlicensed copying of a work subject to copyright. For example, Title 17 of the U.S. Code (which pertains to copyrights) defines the exclusive rights of copyright holders. There are also several provisions which create crimes for copyright infringement.
17 U.S.C. § 106
Sec. 106. Exclusive rights in copyrighted works
Subject to sections 107 through 120, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following: