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Title: Copyright stuff again, check link
Post by: LLv34 Jarsci on January 29, 2005, 05:46:35 AM
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=328144

Its a link to RCgroups forum. Itīs about RC models but its the same thing which hit Pacific Fighters.

Check out , its gonna hit HTC sooner or later...
Title: Copyright stuff again, check link
Post by: lada on January 29, 2005, 06:48:54 AM
Yay ! cool more german, british, russian and italian airplanes :D
Title: Copyright stuff again, check link
Post by: Siaf__csf on January 29, 2005, 10:58:53 AM
Well since the issue is about product liability I don't think HTC would have any trouble getting a license if necessary.

You can't get a liability suit for an online simulation, can you?

Or is it a case of 'only in America' again? :D
Title: Copyright stuff again, check link
Post by: Gunslinger on January 29, 2005, 11:02:22 AM
ahhhhh that kinda sheds SOME light on what's goin on.  Big Corps. like Boeing and Lockheed don't want to get sued for product liablity if their "liscensed" model kills somone.

Only in America!
Title: Copyright stuff again, check link
Post by: Rolex on January 29, 2005, 04:50:28 PM
The US government owns the rights to these aircraft - the companies have no rights at all. They forfeited the rights by contract. Companies such as Lockheed have tried this before and were unsuccessful. It's all bluster and overreaction.

A likeness of, and naming of any government designation of it (such as P-38) has never been challenged by the government and they cannot begin today to assert their right to likenesses made public decades ago.
Title: Copyright stuff again, check link
Post by: Bodhi on January 29, 2005, 05:14:41 PM
I spoke with reps from a major aircraft manufacturer the other day when I was a t their plant for "other" business.  Anyways, the people I spoke with were aware of the issue that you are speaking about, and I asked the question you are asking now.  Doesn't the US Gov't own the rights to the P-38 P-51 etc names and they replied that I was indeed correct, but as soon as you either enter into contract recognizing that the the above anacronyms are assoicated witha major manufacturer's product line then you have agreeed that it requires licensing.  The same goes forth in that if you use  North American, Lockheed, or Grumman in the gaming or kit process, then those companys have a right to have their names recognised.  

So simply put, drop using the corporate monnikers and if you have no prior licensing contracts, you are set to go.