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Durango Rip Offs
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I take you back to this thread;
http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40729 Shame Durango didn't keep the manufacture in Europe, but that's the risks you take.
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23-03-2010
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This will be interesting as I dont know what patents they have?
Also, i think you only infringe copyright if you catually steal someones drawings effectivley and make an exact copy. If you make subtle changes like, different materials, slightly different dimensions etc, you cant be touched...or thats my understanding. I hope it doesnt happen to Durango, it will be the shits if it does 
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23-03-2010
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lets not forget, they will want to sell this car cheap, and the Racer that Durango is selling to, will want the real deal. The ones who do buy it, will probably not buy a new Durango anyhows, so as much as it looks bad, it isn't that much of an issue. The biggest issue is Brand Awareness.
Just like the music industry, and pirate downloads, we all used to tape the top 40, but now they can trace you, they assume that they are losing sales, where in fact those people more than likely wouldn't go and buy it anyways.
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23-03-2010
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Thats quite true that. I also fly r/c helicopter and for a few years the Align T-Rex series has been the benchmark kit if you will. And the amount of T-Rex clones is unreal, i reckon there is atleast 20 clones on the market of just the T-rex 450 alone. But like DCM says, the discerning modeller will never buy the clone they will only buy the real deal. Main reason is the clones are always poor quality, made of cheap materials, crap bearings etc.
I can see a lot of kids buying the Durango clone but as soon as they realise its crap they will buy the real deal. Where as I can see in the short term it may take money from Durango, it may infact actually increase their sales when people do realise the extra quality you get with the real kit.
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