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Therein lies the debate. How do you define a "copy?" How rigorous should the definition be? How rigorous is going too far? <br /> <br />I think everyone can agree that when you make a 1:1 reproduction of a Jeep that has the same intended functionality (i.e. you can put 1:1 gasoline in it and drive it down the 1:1 road just like the original), it would be a copy. <br /> <br />But a 1:87 object which has no functionality or commonality at all with the original, except the shape, can we actually call it a "copy?" <br /> <br />I don't think you can put gasoline in that 1:87 object and drive it down the 1:1 road like the original is intended. It doesn't replicate any of the proprietary mechanical parts in function that were developed by the 1:1 Jeep's design teams. The 1:1 Jeep has an internal combustion engine, a transmission, suspension, power distribution system, etc.. The 1:87 object is a blob of plastic with none of those things. So is that 1:87 object a "copy"? <br /> <br />It's very debatable I think. Though lately it seems those who favor definitions so rigorous that it transcends ridiculousness are gaining the upper hand. <br /> <br />My view is that sometimes it is ridiculous, such as UP forcing Testors to pay a licensing fee to make a shade of paint similar to their "armor yellow" (which isn't always the same shade anyway, as evident by the different shades that you see from locomotives emerging from paint shops at various locations in the UP system). Just my $0.02. <br />
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