How Did BCC and Paulson Create the Same Chips? (1 Viewer)

[justsomedude]

I came around after the poker boom and missed a lot of the home/fantasy chip madness of the late aughts, so maybe this has been explained at one point or another, but... One thing I've always wondered is, how did both BCC and Paulson create the exact same chips - with similar artwork - while being competitors?

For example, Grand Cardroom, Fan of Cards, Casino de Isthmus, etc.

Was there an agreement in place to share designs/artwork? How did this all go down without them stepping on each other's toes?

 

[rowlin]

Super-abridged version: Paul Endy's sons made Paulson chips before selling the company. Then they started BCC and ended up selling it, too.

 

[justsomedude]

Super-abridged version: Paul Endy's sons made Paulson chips before selling the company. Then they started BCC and ended up selling it, too.

Right... but how does that address rights to certain artwork?

If certain chips were made by Paulson, it would seem that the company itself would be the rights holder, not Paul Endy or his son. For example, if a programmer works for Microsoft, they can't then go to Google and make the same product with the exact same code.

 

[rowlin]

I suppose GPI, or whoever bought them the first time, either did not buy the rights to the fantasy artwork or else the Endys just made them anyway.

 

[BGinGA]

For example, if a programmer works for Microsoft, they can't then go to Google and make the same product with the exact same code.

In all fairness, the BCC versions are not exact duplicates of the original Paulson chips. That, and a healthy amount of IDGAF on the part of the Endy boys.

 

[justsomedude]

In all fairness, the BCC versions are not exact duplicates of the original Paulson chips.

Oh stop it... you know copyright laws are not only about "exact" duplication. And the iterations by BCC have hardly been "manipulated enough" to have established an entirely new "derivative work."

That, and a healthy amount of IDGAF on the part of the Endy boys.

OK. I'll buy that. And perhaps an equal dose of IDGAF from Paulson's legal team.

Thank you! (y) :thumbsup:

 

[rowlin]

Glad you are satisfied!

 

[BUBBLE]

From what I understand the fan of cards Bcc owned the design to and sold it to Paulson then recreated it after with a slight change. The grand cardroom chips isn't the stamp privately owned

 

[SuckoutKing]

I wish BCC chips were as good as Paulson. They are good when they made a good batch but I have still never seen a Paulson chip with the slight cracking/dry look that almost all BCC chips have if you look close enough. Paulson chips just always look more professional in all respects. I will say that most BCC chips hot stamped as well as paulsons. But even that was color dependent. Some colors for whenever reason were harder to get the foil to stick to. Never had that issue with the few Paulsons i got to stamp.

 

[BGinGA]

I have still never seen a Paulson chip with the slight cracking/dry look that almost all BCC chips have if you look close enough.

Check out the Paulson no-mold Wynn charity chips.

 

[ssanel54]

GCR was privately owned and created first with BCC and then new dies were made when Apache started offering semi custom Paulsons.

I have no clue about the inlay chips or which company was original.