Looks like a Dragonfly

[Alie K]

So, this fellow is on my fb. He's been posting a lot of photos of a recent machine he made. In many posts, he is very defensive that he did not copy a dragonfly. he states that he uses many different components than the dragonfly does. I still think it looks a lot like a dragonfly though, or is it just me? You can see more pics on his fb page.

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[merky]

is everyone just ripping off everyone else , how about trying to come up with somthing new, the same thing with coil machines it is the same three frame styles .sorry to rant but how many times are we going to see the same thing.

[ckjr]

if you're going to rip some one off of their time,money and all around hard work, at the least acknowledge it. being a douche and knowing it is one thing, but now you're just lying to yourself

[turnrock]

that is 100% no doubt the ebay knockoff dragonfly with the anodizing sanded off and a few other cosmetic changes.so this what being a machine builder has come to? buying some crap from china and making a few little mods to it?

[tattony]

a little question here,,,if he has taken a copy of an original and he has used a lot of different parts, what if it performs better than the original its copied from?? would that be acceptable to buy one?? because, surely the performance of a machine should be the most important thing??.

[wildboy]

Would it be acceptable to you if you drew a custom design for a client put a lot of work in and someone takes the design polishes the design here and there and makes money with it?

[tattony]

i'm not saying it's right or wrong i just asked the question to see other people's views on this. aren't most custom designs just polished copies of thing's that have already been done before? its quite uncommon to see a design that's totally different that's never been done in some shape or form before..

[slicksteel]

It would be smart for builders nowdays to lic. quailty made lower priced copies of the real deal while still making the original high end one. This works well to still recoup time and money spent on your project. example:
Floyd rose wammy bar guitar bridges-they will lic. you to make cheaper quality copy that is still made well and within there approved specs. They have several different versions of the same model so every one can afford one according to their needs.
Example:If you are a heavy user that like to use the machine on a daily basis for hours go for the original that is made of the highest quailty that will last the abuse.If you were a guy that only pulled out the machine one a week etc go for the mid priced one.If you pull the machine out once in a blue moon go for the lowest one.

[Inkslingers]

It would be smart for builders nowdays to lic. quailty made lower priced copies of the real deal while still making the original high end one. This works well to still recoup time and money spent on your project. example:
Floyd rose wammy bar guitar bridges-they will lic. you to make cheaper quality copy that is still made well and within there approved specs. They have several different versions of the same model so every one can afford one according to their needs.
Example:If you are a heavy user that like to use the machine on a daily basis for hours go for the original that is made of the highest quailty that will last the abuse.If you were a guy that only pulled out the machine one a week etc go for the mid priced one.If you pull the machine out once in a blue moon go for the lowest one.

Huh? Not going to bother getting into a big rant, but your post makes NO sense, on any level

[Panos tattoo]

Would it be acceptable to you if you drew a custom design for a client put a lot of work in and someone takes the design polishes the design here and there and makes money with it?

i would be honored if someone copied my designs and tattoos because this means he likes my art and he sees me as better than him.and the person who says he never copied a tattoo with minor changes from artists who are considered (at least by me)fathers of the tattoo art like Guy Aitchison , Aaron Cain ,and many more is a fucking liar.