[DML] DMC logo OWNERSSHIP DEFINED..."
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[DML] DMC logo OWNERSSHIP DEFINED..."




*****  MOoderator's Note  *****

Agreed

*****  Mike G  Moderator of the Week

The legalities here are correct.
This definitively puts the issue to bed.

Bob Hlavacek

The following by Wayne A. Ernst

> Hi-
> Though I've never yet gotten around to printing updated manuals as I have
> long hoped, I have done a lot of research, including copyright and
ownership
> issues of DMC intellectual property.   This subject comes up from time to
time,
> and my responses, for some reason, have never made it past the moderators.
Why?
> Well, here goes... again.
> James Espey of DMC Texas has frequently claimed that they own the rights
to
> copyrighted DMC materials.  He bases this claim on the purchase of the
KAPAC
> inventory of parts plus assorted paperwork and odds and ends. Is this how
> copyright privileges change ownership? The US gov copyright office makes
that
> perfectly clear: NO.  DMC Texas is not JZD's company, is not the successor
to JZD's
> company, and did not buy JZD's company... or any of the company's
copyrights.
> Which explains why they're not on file with the government. So if DMC
Texas
> doesn't own them, and JZD's company is defunct, does that mean that
they're open
> game for anybody to use?  Again, the answer is no. If you want, you can
take
> your chances. But the copyright owner has a right to prosecute you.  In
the
> case of the DeLorean copyrighted materials, the owner has apparently never
> prosecuted anyone.  So is it possible to determine who exactly owns the
copyrights?
> Yes. I spoke to the David Allard, Esq., the bankruptcy trustee for the
> DeLorean case. He told me that the copyright privileges were officially
transfered
> to Mr. DeLorean as part of the bankruptcy settlement.  In fact, I went so
far
> as to ask Mr. DeLorean's permission to reprint the manuals. He was kind
enough
> to give me permission... in writing. I appreciate and have bought from DMC
> Texas but I gag everytime I see this kind of _________ claim from James
about
> their supposed rights. (Fill in your own adjective in the blank!) I
understand
> they copyrighted a variation on the DMC logo just a few years ago, but
that's
> not anywhere close to a blanket ownership, is it? And it sure isn't based
on
> buying parts!  I'm almost surprised they haven't told the other vendors to
stop
> printing manuals. Here's a challenge: if I'm wrong, James, send me a copy
of
> the paperwork transferring copyright ownership from JZD or his company to
DMC
> Texas, and I promise to publically apologize for my error right here on
the DML.
> Deal?
> Wayne A. Ernst
> Bridgeton, NJ
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