I have been planning to do a similar calendar at my website http://www.ehmac.ca/ with members showing off their Apple computer setups. I wonder if Apple (Notorious for protecting their copyright) will go after me for using images of their computers?
Seems ludicrous to me that Ford would do that. Do they send cease and desist orders to every TV Show that has a Ford in the shot?
Can you imagine if some car manufacturer came out with a car that looked just like a VW Beetle? Obviously, VW would sue the pants off the company and everyone would think nothing of that.
Why the heck would it be any different for the industrial design of a computer?
I think becasue the notion of actually spending big R&D on having a unique industrial design to a computer is still so new, that a lot of people don't grasp it. To anyone seeing a VW Beetle knock-off, it would be so blatently obvious. To most people with any common sense, one look at the e-power machine and you know its a blatent rip-off of Apple's design.
Comparing this law suit to Apple's old lawsuit against Microsoft doesn't hold any water. Apple had previously signed an agreement with Microsoft that they COULD use a lot of Apple's technology. If you know the history, you know that to many it was considered one their biggest blunders. [As you probably know too, MS just recently "invested" in Apple which was more a resolution in patent disputes among other things to the tune of 150 million dollars].
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I have been planning to do a similar calendar at my website http://www.ehmac.ca/ with members showing off their Apple computer setups. I wonder if Apple (Notorious for protecting their copyright) will go after me for using images of their computers?
Seems ludicrous to me that Ford would do that. Do they send cease and desist orders to every TV Show that has a Ford in the shot?
Can you imagine if some car manufacturer came out with a car that looked just like a VW Beetle? Obviously, VW would sue the pants off the company and everyone would think nothing of that.
Why the heck would it be any different for the industrial design of a computer?
I think becasue the notion of actually spending big R&D on having a unique industrial design to a computer is still so new, that a lot of people don't grasp it. To anyone seeing a VW Beetle knock-off, it would be so blatently obvious. To most people with any common sense, one look at the e-power machine and you know its a blatent rip-off of Apple's design.
Comparing this law suit to Apple's old lawsuit against Microsoft doesn't hold any water. Apple had previously signed an agreement with Microsoft that they COULD use a lot of Apple's technology. If you know the history, you know that to many it was considered one their biggest blunders. [As you probably know too, MS just recently "invested" in Apple which was more a resolution in patent disputes among other things to the tune of 150 million dollars].