Ok. My opinion on this is the same as it was on the Arcadecup topic - so?
While Cinelabs created the replacement first, they patterned it off of an original design by Amplifone. I just checked their website and don't see any license agreement or patent information showing they have exclusive rights to this. They took an original design and figured out a compatible replacement. They contacted a company overseas to produce it. If that company decided to produce more and sell them to other retailers, that's not my fault. I can choose to buy from who I want. If Cinelabs sells it for $50 and Bob sells the same thing for $30, then it seems Cinelabs has marked it up quite a bit (assuming they're from the same factory) and will need to lower their price if they want us poor buyers to purchase.
I'm sure somebody somewhere has a similar argument about the replacement flybacks for the G07, etc.
And this is assuming that someone like Bob - who probably has a good buying relationship with whomever manufacters these flybacks - didn't just say to these guys, 'Hey, I have a lot of people asking for this flyback. Here's a good one. Can you make me some?"
There's nothing wrong with independent people deciding to do the same work and sell it separately. It's call free enterprise. If the work isn't copyrighted, then anyone can do it. If the work is copyrighted, they can contact Bob or Chad or whomever to stop it from being sold here...