For me, the great irony of this situation is that Campagnolo is punctilious in its persecution/prosecution of anyone who would deign to manufacturer reproduction replacement parts, even when Campagnolo no longer produces those pieces.
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> From: sean flores <seaneee175@gmail.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Re: Using images
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 7:37 PM
\r?\n> First, let me apologize in advance if I am coverning ground
\r?\n> already
\r?\n> tread upon. I am only half following this discussion.
\r?\n> Having said
\r?\n> that...
\r?\n>
\r?\n> So I talked to an Art Buyer friend of mine and she found
\r?\n> this to be a
\r?\n> pretty interesting situation. As far as copyright is
\r?\n> concerned, any
\r?\n> images Campy "borrowed" that were simply scans or
\r?\n> photos of Campagnolo
\r?\n> printed material is technically owned by Campy. They could
\r?\n> basically
\r?\n> argue the reverse. It was scanned/used without their
\r?\n> permission and
\r?\n> that they technically own the image. Using said image would
\r?\n> not be a
\r?\n> good case for copyright infringement, but it's just
\r?\n> downright bad
\r?\n> form.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> BUT, as for original photography, featuring campy
\r?\n> components/equipped
\r?\n> bicycles, that weren't for commercial use, the original
\r?\n> photographers
\r?\n> own the rights to these. A case could be made that
\r?\n> Campagnolo violated
\r?\n> copyright law and must either a, cease and desist or b,
\r?\n> compensate the
\r?\n> original photographer.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Where it get complicated though is how this is treated with
\r?\n> international copyright law. Italy is a member state that
\r?\n> has several
\r?\n> treaties as recent as the WTO treaty of '95 to honor
\r?\n> copyrights
\r?\n> between countries.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Now whether someone wants to test the waters and put effort
\r?\n> into this
\r?\n> is another story. I would be curious to know what
\r?\n> Campangolo's
\r?\n> response would be if someone where to send them a C&D
\r?\n> letter.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Sean Flores
\r?\n> San Francisco, CA