[piva00]

To be honest, I don't think we are coming into this from the same moral view so it's a bit pointless trying to expand on it.

Copying a currently in production design that some other company devoted resources to come up with is immoral in my worldview even if it's not illegal, it's a shit move and I don't condone it by not buying their products. The CEO basically being the company is why I throw Uli's name around.

I don't really get how you can defend them copying the Arturia Keystep, it's close to the pinnacle of a shit company to clone something that was already inexpensive (as far as music gear goes), it's a cash-grab in everything they do.

You do you, of course.

[klodolph]

> Copying a currently in production design that some other company devoted resources to come up with is immoral in my worldview even if it's not illegal, it's a shit move and I don't condone it by not buying their products.

I already think patent protections are a bit too strong, and this kind of stuff is not even up to the level where it would get patent protections in the first place. Let me ask… is it an asshole move to make a Photoshop clone? Or is that fair game? Is it okay to buy a strat-style guitar from Kramer, or should I stick with Fender? Is G&L a gray area?