More to the point is the veiled threat by EMI of some sort of litigation if anyone were to persist in publically hi-lighting what you point out. This threat is baseless, and a primary tactic used by such organizations to quell attempts to sway judgement. If it can be proven, and EMI were called on the carpet by LM for uttering such threats, there would be hell to pay. This steps outside of the law.
All I can say from across the border here in Canada is "the squeaky wheel gets the grease". Admininistration at LM are the folks to approach, they control the contractor (in this case EMI). If LM condons their actions, then its on to your local/state legislators. Technically, the law may be such that infringment includes producing miniatures of any sort, but unless the holder of the patent(s) is not approached directly, the execution of the law will remain. Public shame often has greeater consequences than any change in lawful process. Although LM does not cater much to the public sector, they are still spending an incredible amount of your tax dollars. I would have thought this sort of stupidity on the part of M/EMI would strike at the very hearts of Americans and what you stand for... Quoting Martin Usher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is "EMI" the English company, "Electrical and Musical Industries" that sell > music recordings and the like? They're one of the bunch that's klumping > around trying to make life difficult for file sharers. I don't want to get > into the merits and ethics of file sharing except to point out that a lot of > material that's out there is historic and much is in now in the public domain > but these companies don't respect this -- they assume that they have the > right to hold and enforce copyright over everything indefinitely > (unfortunately they've already managed to extend these timelines over the > horizon). This might be good for their bottom line but it has a very negative > effect on our culture. > > Its strange that anyone at Lockeed/Martin or any similar company could put > monetary value on these old designs. There's no value at all -- they're part > of the historic record, of our culture, but they're worthless beyond that. > Nobody in their right minds would build a copy of a P-38 or an Electra for > day to day use, the technology's long obsolete. They're just an icon of that > era. If I were a LM shareholder I'd be a bit concerned about this because it > suggests that the company's suffering financial stress -- this attempt to > license these designs to hobbyists is the corporate equivalent of rummaging > through the sofa for loose change. > > Martin Usher Radius Systems Cogito Ergo Zoom RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
