I wasn't saying all of Behringer's business practices are good. But specifically cloning out-of-patent designs from the 80s is exactly what should be done by su

I wasn't saying all of Behringer's business practices are good. But specifically cloning out-of-patent designs from the 80s is exactly what should be done by such a large mass-producer, those components should be commoditised! Cloning new designs is obviously worse and maybe the patent system doesn't provide the desired protection in those cases.