AK 47 Copyright

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The chief of Russia's state arms-trading monopoly says the company will step up action to defend copyright laws for Kalashnikov assault rifles produced without license by dozens of manufacturers around the world.

Anatoly Isaikin says counterfeit production of Kalashnikovs outside Russia has incurred financial losses, tarnished the brand because of their poor quality and dented Russia's prestige.

He said Thursday his company, Rosoboronexport, will seek to sign agreements with foreign partners protecting copyright laws for Kalashnikovs and other Russian weapons.

The Soviet Union bothered little about copyright laws, eagerly handing out arms production licenses to its satellites in eastern Europe and elsewhere.

 

[ponder]

Probably the best assault rifle out there.

 

[marine1]

He is right, the Russian version is still the best, this is Aimed at China

 

[Frankie]

He is right, the Russian version is still the best, this is Aimed at China

The design is such that it's not reliant on tight tolerances etc. which means that the Chinese can mass produce loads that work without a hitch.


http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002892.html

What accounts for its success? Quite simply: it works. Despite its low price (as little as $10 and as much as $300) and often shoddy workmanship, this rifle rarely jams, is almost indestructible, and is easy to fire with no training. Overnight, it can transform paramilitary forces, thugs and street gangs into formidable armies.

 

[PeterCH]

He is right, the Russian version is still the best, this is Aimed at China

Chinese make better quality products than Russian.

I think if Russia wants to copyright the AK-47, then they should also be held responsible for all the death and mayhem it has wreaked. The Soviet Union gave away blueprints for the AK-47 to everyone who would have them, this lead to a mass proliferation of this weapon resulting in millions of deaths and billions of dollars in losses. Russia should get their copyright back and they should be forced to pay reparations for all those losses.

 

[marine1]

I have shot nearly all versions and I found the Russian to be more accurate and much heavier.
You can tell just by picking it up that it is original

 

[LazyLion]

The AK47... the assegaai of the new generation.

 

[scotty777]

The design is such that it's not reliant on tight tolerances etc. which means that the Chinese can mass produce loads that work without a hitch.


http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002892.html

well, yeah... that gun is the WMD of all time I tell you... that gun is just a master piece! The American's M16 jams, needs to be cleaned, needs the soldiers to be trained with the gun and how to use/clean it, which costs money... the AK 47 is basically a "put bullets in, aim, and shoot", which bonds very well with the Africans.

 

[PeterCH]

I have shot nearly all versions and I found the Russian to be more accurate and much heavier.
You can tell just by picking it up that it is original

I lived under the Soviet occupation and while I did not shoot an AK-47 I've handled Russian made equipment both military and consumer grade and it's all rubbish compared to Western - as well as to current Chinese products. FYI the versions made in Eastern Europe are way better (than Russian ones).

 

[Stickfigure]

Remember watching a program where thy took an ank-47, buried it in sand and drove over it with a humvee and it still fired perfectly.

Best gun of all time if you ask me.

 

[marine1]

Disagree, as I said I have shot them all and the Russian version feels heavier, more solid.
As for the M16, yeah it jams if there is a spec of dust, they have resolved the issue with the A2 and A3 receiver but the original one.....piece of cr@p

 

[marine1]

Best gun of all time if you ask me.

Without doubt

 

[PeterCH]

Disagree, as I said I have shot them all and the Russian version feels heavier, more solid.
As for the M16, yeah it jams if there is a spec of dust, they have resolved the issue with the A2 and A3 receiver but the original one.....piece of cr@p

What versions and which year of manufacture? Which country and factory?

Russian equipment is poor quality. There are no exceptions.

 

[Kosmik]

Chinese make better quality products than Russian.

I think if Russia wants to copyright the AK-47, then they should also be held responsible for all the death and mayhem it has wreaked. The Soviet Union gave away blueprints for the AK-47 to everyone who would have them, this lead to a mass proliferation of this weapon resulting in millions of deaths and billions of dollars in losses. Russia should get their copyright back and they should be forced to pay reparations for all those losses.

What rubbish! The is a patent\IP matter, don't blame the creator for creating something that works well in adverse situations and is widely used. Blame the people who pulled the trigger.

 

[marine1]

Not sure of the year as it is not printed on the weapon, all auto versions and I am not saying ....no wait you are dead wrong.
Waht about the mig plane? What about the Shilka? What about the AK- best weapon ever made? What about the T72 tank?
Nope sorry, Russian equipment from cold war days was amazing, obviously now things are different but the AK was from those days anyway so..

 

[PeterCH]

What rubbish! The is a patent\IP matter, don't blame the creator for creating something that works well in adverse situations and is widely used. Blame the people who pulled the trigger.

The Soviet Union gave the weapon and the IP to every single criminal group and militia which was anti-West. Of course you'd know that if you read a bit about the subject first.

 

[scotty777]

Not sure of the year as it is not printed on the weapon, all auto versions and I am not saying ....no wait you are dead wrong.
Waht about the mig plane? What about the Shilka? What about the AK- best weapon ever made? What about the T72 tank?
Nope sorry, Russian equipment from cold war days was amazing, obviously now things are different but the AK was from those days anyway so..

+1... Russia poured, and I mean poured money into R+D of weapons back in the cold war days... Those were some of the most robust weapons.

Remember, all weapons have to work in russia's exceptionally harsh environment, this means that the guns must work when it's very cold, and work when the gun gets hot (from shooting).

 

[Kosmik]

The Soviet Union gave the weapon and the IP to every single criminal group and militia which was anti-West. Of course you'd know that if you read a bit about the subject first.

You're the one making the matter emotional. If they gave up their right to IP, their problem, if they supplied arms and others copied it, its not giving up that right. Seperate the ethical\moral from the technical.

 

[PeterCH]

+1... Russia poured, and I mean poured money into R+D of weapons back in the cold war days... Those were some of the most robust weapons.

There wasn't the level of R&D seen in the West. Also Quality Assurance in Russian military development was either poor or non-existent. What R&D they had - was largely funded by occupied Eastern European countries.

It would also be fitting for Russia to pay back for that. It's like the German government now wanted to capitalise on the V2 rocket - built on the backs of slave labour. No difference at all.

 

[PeterCH]

You're the one making the matter emotional. If they gave up their right to IP, their problem, if they supplied arms and others copied it, its not giving up that right. Seperate the ethical\moral from the technical.

They actively armed and supplied blueprints to every anti-Western group- this resulted in many civil wars in South America, Africa and Asia. It led to much bloodshed and to this day we live with that legacy when we see cash-in-transit vans and guards shot up by AK-47 wielding thugs.

It's not an emotional argument but a logical one.