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General Discussion => Hobbies & Crafts => Topic started by: sam on November 24, 2009, 05:13

Title: Motorsports carving? Who knew?
Post by: sam on November 24, 2009, 05:13

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/motorsports_carving_who_knew.html

Title: Re: Motorsports carving? Who knew?
Post by: GillE on November 24, 2009, 12:41

He's a very skilful carver.

Believe it or not, some motor car manufacturers (Ferrari springs to mind) are so protective of their image licensing rights that they will sue anyone who carves a model of one of their cars.

Title: Re: Motorsports carving? Who knew?
Post by: Clive on November 24, 2009, 13:49

Good heavens - that's utterly ridiculous!  I think they would lose a lot of support if they did sue some unsuspecting hobbyist.

Title: Re: Motorsports carving? Who knew?
Post by: GillE on November 24, 2009, 14:42

That's how they use the laws, Clive.  You should visit some of the scroll saw and carving forums - copyright is one of the biggest issues there.  I've even known somebody be told by Disney lawyers to remove a photograph from the internet of a Winnie-The-Pooh cut-out he had made to decorate his toddler's nursery.

I'm supporting this lot:

http://www.openrightsgroup.org/

Title: Re: Motorsports carving? Who knew?
Post by: Simon on November 24, 2009, 17:06

I would have seen it more as a tribute, than a copyright issue.   :-\

Title: Re: Motorsports carving? Who knew?
Post by: sam on November 24, 2009, 17:37

when there is money involved these corporations win.

Title: Re: Motorsports carving? Who knew?
Post by: Clive on November 24, 2009, 20:16

Quote from: Simon on November 24, 2009, 17:06

I would have seen it more as a tribute, than a copyright issue.   :-\

That's exactly what I think too Simon.