[xiwi_brendan]

To some extent I agree. Yes, I initially mistook the situation for some sort of intellectual property theft. But how could I not? No other answer seemed to make sense. Without exaggeration, I have created a dirt cheap technique for crafting beautiful cases using almost no manual labor or dexterity through the use of a laser cutter. Why would I assume Etsy only wishes to support my interests. That makes a whole lot less sense than the paranoid IP theft possibility.

Half of this argument is rejecting Etsy's unfair demands for more documentation while my shop remains close and my ability to sell if frozen on non-existent grounds. Guilty until proven innocent policy drove me mad.

Moog is an international company. In a way, I'm not exaggerating when I say all other synths are just derivatives of what they do and they have the priviledge to not give a hoot about people looking into their windows. They know they own the synth world. As a small scale assembler you can understand that we cherish our procedures a bit more as it can make or break us. But to be honest, I make everything as open-source as I can, because I imagine it going to kids like me just trying to make weird noises. When I imagine a big company using it, it drives me mad. Something I'll have to reconcile.

The "hand made" issue is almost null to me at this point. I've made a unique enclosure for a device in a batch of three. They're made by hand.