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Mac
Joined: 06 Jun 2009
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 Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:16 pm Post subject: Pricing Multiple Incarnations of Design |
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First time here, looked around to get the flavor of the place, but many pardons if I'm not yet up on local conventions.
I know how to price a design for a single house. Recently had inquiry for a house plan that would be built in a third world country and replicated hundreds of times. Will that happen? Is the contact credible? Don't know yet. Even though I'm skeptical, I still want to understand the ways to price such a beast.
What are ways that others have priced this kind of thing? The best I can do is range it in between the cost of one plan (and let them use it for as many houses as they wish) and the cost of one x the number of houses, but that's not an especially useful range. I foresee a problem with verifying the number of houses built from the plans, because the location is not exactly just down the street, or even down the interstate.
Any guidance on how to approach this?
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Checkpoint43
Joined: 22 Mar 2007
Posts: 180
Location: Lexington, VA
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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I have studied this problem for a long time.
It seems that the only "Law Enforcement" in the design/ build process occurs when the builder applies for a building permit.
With my system, the building official acts as a sort of a "guard", protecting the architect from things such as multiple building.
By making copyright protection a separate entity, the building official simply asks to see the "passport" which accompanies your drawings.
Unless there is a passport, the drawing review does not begin.
No passport = no permit.
"NO SOUP FOR YOU!"
If an attorney is needed as a last resort, the system gives him a paper trail to follow, making his job much easier.
Some may doubt my solution until it has been proven for many years.
However I have not found anyone who could offer a better one.
Therefore, I have filed a patent with the USPTO.
To read about it, type the number
20080040128
into the search engine:
http://appft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html
I also explain details and benefits on my web site,
www.checkpointplans.com
Simply put, you need to show a valid passport to get through the Checkpoint.
(In the illustration below, the term "study set" refers to whether or not someone has purchased a single copy of your drawings, which indicate he only wants to study them, or a "full set" which shows an intent to build.)
Thanks, and good luck!
Checkpoint Home Plan Distribution System
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csintexas
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Joined: 06 Feb 2006
Posts: 2174
Location: USA
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| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:31 am Post subject: |
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Enforcing any laws internationally (particularly third world) would most likely be prohibitively expensive unless the government provides assistance. IMO
I would say negotiate the largest amount you can up front and then try to tack on a small percentage if you feel lucky. Who knows -perhaps this person is unusually honest.
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