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Blood_splat · 02-11-10, 11:21 PM

Weren't some of those planes built with tax payers money?

Letum · 02-11-10, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Blood_splat

Weren't some of those planes built with tax payers money?

No.
They where just bought by the gov. after they where built.

Frederf · 02-12-10, 12:17 AM

Educational materials can skirt these kinds of rules with fair use. A textbook about WWII can't be sued just for putting a picture of a Grumman plane in it. Maybe some day Silent Hunter will rise to the level of educational material.

Highbury · 02-12-10, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Letum

No.
They where just bought by the gov. after they where built.

After they were designed. The military then orders them, then they are built. They don't keep thousands on hand hoping the military comes calling.

The whole process does consume tax-payers money but the designs are still patented.

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Frederf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 665 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 1	Educational materials can skirt these kinds of rules with fair use. A textbook about WWII can't be sued just for putting a picture of a Grumman plane in it. Maybe some day Silent Hunter will rise to the level of educational material.