Speaking of owning designs and such -- back when I owned a small (very
small) publishng company I thought it's be nice to produce some
calendars showing the Porsche 911s owned by members of forum I
participate in. After collecting lots of great photos from list members
I decided to ask Porsche for permission to publish a calendar showing
the Porsches. Because I didn't want to spend $10K - $20K for printing
and end up with paperweights if I were to receive a "cease & desist
Order" from Porsche. Sure enough, they claim to own the designs and
therefore the images of any type showing "their" 911s - whether provided
by the current owners of the cars or not! Talk about control!
So you think you own your Mercedes? Try to publish a photo of it.
Naturally MB would only chase someone if it were a big deal...
Ain't that a hoot??
Surprising (to me at least) is that race cars are not copyrighted in the
same way as production cars are, so I could publish race cars but not
street cars.....
LarryT
91 300d
I suspect Mercedes would do the same thing...
On 8/5/2013 4:15 PM, Gary Hurst wrote:
the star got there at point of original manufacture by phoenix. benz
contracted phoenix to make it and the star was part of the design
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 4:06 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
So, how'd the star get on there? Legally, originally, or by hook and
crook? Did I miss that?
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Hurst" <jabbahur...@gmail.com>
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even before production began. the star is owned by ed by merecedes and
only they can use or give persmission to use it
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 3:55 PM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote:
In a word, lawyers. Copyright, trademarks, licensing agreements signed
when
production began, etc.
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:46 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
'My thoughts, too, re. grinding the star.
Wilton
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What isn't lear to me is why someone would take the trouble to grind
off
the tristar. It's like taking a Dremel tool to the face of a genuine
Rolex.
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