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Originally Posted by IslanderGuy View Post
Actually, the plans are licensed for one boat only, so they should not be sold unless the previous owner never made the boat. With the work that goes into the plans, and the very small market for them, it is worth every penny to buy new plans. They are not much, the spindrift plans are only $56.
Hear, hear.

It's intellectual property. Reselling the plans after you've built the boat is no different than pirating/sharing software or other copyrighted material. Except that you're typically stealing from a little guy, not a big business.

But I'm sure Denise was looking for a set of plans that never got built. There ARE many of those around, where folks purchased them but never got around to building for whatever reason. My understanding in such cases is that the license is transferable. Craig's list, perhaps?
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