Hi Mike,
I think that what I am suggesting is to try and move the responsibility to prevent an unscrupulous customer taking advantage of intellectual property for which he has not yet paid from that miscreant and bring it back to within the timber framing community. I am sure that where another timber framer saw and recognised a set of copyright drawings that they would bring this to the attention of the copyright holder and seek further advice before proceeding.
I agree that its probably impractical to get involved in suing potential customers and instead maybe a code of practice might work better.
Regards
Ken Hume
