:::You do not have any exclusive rights to the design in question. It is in public domain.:::

No it is not in the public domain. We have never put this design in the public domain.

And as I recall we were the sole purchasers of the Peerless archives, designs, rights to the designs, the goodwill of the company as well as the trademark and brand name.

Are all of Wayne's speaker designs in the public domain if you choose to pirate them as well?

Is it ok to take one of Jack's popular SE output tranney designs and hotrod it (pirate it) and count that as a "public domain good"?

I guess no products are safe around you if all that is required is an absence of a patent and an eagerness on your part to deprive someone of full and exclusive use of their property.

Like I said if you ever buy something (designs) of value or create something of value... you will probably hope and pray that not too many other folks will practice your current set of ethics.

And... this forum does not need to adopt the particular code of ethics that you are espousing.

MSL