The issue is not so much whether the finished boat matches the plans
as whether the same boat, whatever the final product looks like, could
have been built without access to the plans. If you used the plans
as guidance to build the boat, and have the warm, sly, feeling that
you saved their cost by changing a few things, it's copyright
infringement.

If you paid for the plans and want to make it bigger or smaller few
architects are going to bother you unless there is something specific
in the sale agreement (if any) or on the plans prohibiting that.

--

Roger Long



"Bill" wrote in message
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Is it considered copyright infringement to change all the dimensions
on the plans in order to enlarge the boat for personal use?