by soulsonic » Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:02 pm
yeah, my point was that everything Analogman makes is a tweaked clone, and yet he's not seen as a "cloner". The difference is that in most cases, he doesn't generally use the brand name of what he's cloned in the selling of it, so it's not seen as a clone even though it is. The King of Tone comes to mind as an example. I'm not trying to be negative toward Analogman, he's just an easy example because that's what he sells.
From what I see, Björn's main complaint is when someone uses his name to sell something. That's certainly a valid complaint, and it's close to the same problem that ZVex has had with counterfeiters. I think counterfeiting is the lowest, worst thing that any merchant can do. So, I am absolutely sympathetic to anyone's desire to curb counterfeiting. Trademark violation, product dilution, brand confusion... those are the things that unscrupulous cloners do to try and make quick money off someone else's name. But building something with your own name on it and building up your own brand from nothing, then it's considered fair competition, even if the product you're selling isn't particularly original.
