Atari Punk Console on Ebay

choklitlove

item #200073811319, seller= iansherwen

$78. wow. anyway, i'm positive he used my layout because 2/3 of the links he posted had it. also, you can order from here.

i already asked him if he had the right. i'm not surprised, or even upset, i just don't think he should be making money off of Mims' circuit. not only that, but it clearly says "For personal, non-profit use only" on the layout. it's not like i have legal power, but how can we stop him from doing this without the consent of myself or Forrest Mims?

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:14 am Post subject:

Put a $50,000 bid on it.

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:20 am Post subject:

That's what happened over here when tickets to the "Splendour in the Grass" festival sold out within a couple of days, and then immediately started appearing on e-bay for twice the price. People all over the place started signing up new e-bay accounts, (and using current ones) to put $50,000 and $100,000 bids on. It worked really well.

Yorky · Joined: Feb 14, 2005 Posts: 244 Location: Boston, UK

choklitlove

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:10 am Post subject:

I s'pose I kind of see it the same as making music.
Do you do this thing to make money? (If you do, then you should look after your business matters a bit better)
If you don't, then you must be making money some other way, and ultimately neither you nor your children are going to starve if someone steals it and renders it unable to be "sold" again.
Are you worried that this person is going get the recognition that you deserve and make heaps of money out of it? Well don't be. They had to steal the idea from you, so when someone starts throwing mega bucks at them to follow it up, they will fail. You know the idea was yours. I know the idea was yours.
I think there was a buddhist saying which was something like; "The only real reassurance comes from within."

$uperpuma · Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 16 Location: Broken Arrow, OK

the name Atari Punk Console was actually coined by Jan at Kaustic Machines... I used it on my units with permission... and by my units I mean both of them Smile

and if you'd like a piece of the action, Choc, I'll kick you down a license fee for use of your layout... this guy however, I am sure has not contacted Jan nor you about use of the name or artwork.

blue hell

choklitlove · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject:

shawn · Joined: Dec 13, 2005 Posts: 209 Location: savannah

reed ghazala used forrest mims circuits for his lumivox as well as the other optical theremin-like device he sold.

para · Joined: Oct 16, 2006 Posts: 276

not to be a smartass or anything, but i have to ask how it is that you know that he/she used your pcb layout? i don't see any links. also there are like 5 layouts around now and they are pretty simple to do.

and this issue came up for me back when i did this http://thesquarewaveparade.com/atri.html and then decided to sell it. i think i got like $90 for it. but i obviously didn't use your layout, mine was about the size of a matchbook, i hadn't even seen your layout. i also didn't use the name, though it did appear in the description, and i modified the circuit.

so did i do something wrong? i admit it felt kind of dirty to do, but i didn't think i could get in touch with mr. mims at the time and only found his site after the fact.

also for the record tom bugs and i did have a long back and forth over the downgrade. he's an amazing guy.

steven

Yorky · Joined: Feb 14, 2005 Posts: 244 Location: Boston, UK

So the argument goes, I can buy the parts (similar to "someone had to buy it from sony in the first place")
and then make the circuit, which tbh, is not actually in the minimoog league,
but then when I get fed up with it, I can't sell it ??