> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dr. Core" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gundam] (OT) Live Action Transformers Movie (minor spoilers) > Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:30:01 -0400 > > > Joseph Riggs wrote: > > Bumblebee not being a VW is because Volkswagon doesn't want their > > name associated with war. ... > > You mean to say that the TF folks were using the VW bug without ever > legally obtaining the license to do so? Someone call the IP police! > > Count your blessings that ROW are not as litigatious as Americans, > otherwise TF would be staring at a giant lawsuit and injunction > against TF re-runs on TV. >
All I read was that the 'no war associations' is their current policy. They may very well have licensed it twenty years ago when the Transformers first appeared. And if that's the case, I don't think there is anything that they can do about re-runs. It's also possible that there was no licensing, but VW didn't object until it was too late to legally do anything to the initial series (i.e. the same reason that Macross Plus is a legal release in the US - and not through Harmony Gold). Ultimately, though, I find the whole thing an almost satirical sleight of hand (almost revisionist) on VW's part due to the way that VW came to be in the first place. Though I don't feel it's right to still hold the way that VW came into being against the car company, it does seem a somewhat hypocritical stance for VW to take. junior -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
