Thomann Sues Fender on Behalf of "Everyone"

[rsm]

They do dumber stuff in Brussels.

...and most of western Europe.

but that's why we have RT OT.

 

[Rackman]

even if they win, it will be challenged. The only winners are the law firms.


Still, I'd like to see a Fender win; I can imagine the response....the meltdowns will be epic and entertaining.

The best thing that could happen to Fender would be to settle on Thomann's terms tomorrow. The longer this persists the more billable hours accrue, and the more customers they lose. There is literally nothing they can gain by doing this. People who buy Shur and Anderson, or for that matter Edwards and Harley Benton, are not going to switch no matter what. They will just move on to another source of better, cheaper gutiars.

 

[rsm]

Agreed. I released an EPK in 2015. The person who printed the CD and artwork sold all my data to China and I found copies selling for $5 on ebay from Shanghai. It cost me around $5 per unit to make the CD so I'd definitely call that theft. I guess that's why they call it getting Shanghai'ed. I guess I could've reported it to ebay, and they would've taken the ad down, but the seller just creates another account and does it again, and again, and again so I couldn't protect it in actuality.

So assume the strat shape had just been made today. There would be a chinese company ripping it off and selling it on temu, and some TGP rejects would be defending that behavior. Communists never create, they only steal ideas from those who do.

yes, very common unfortunately. I'm sure many aliexpress sellers are the same with many accounts owned by the same people.

I have a Chibanez that Ibanez won' t make, I've asked them. The Ibanez custom shop only does work for their signed artists. Not my finest decision, and it does bother me at some level; then again if Ibanez won't make what I want, someone else will and does. Doesn't make it right tho' If Ibanez made it, I'd buy it.

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

The only thing fender makes well is jackson

 

[BlueParfait]

you sound emotional, is it that time of the month? "corporations aren't people" - not what the US law says: corporations are considered "artificial legal persons" and have some rights.

who built what doesn't matter, who owns it does.

you don't buy a business to give away what you own. If you own the business you want to monetize and maximize the assets you own.

welcome to capitalism.

Welp, welcome to Indians replacing you and you paying their "reparations"

 

[BlueParfait]

The only thing fender makes well is jackson

I would say Charvel.

Remember that 23 fret Kelly? lmao

 

[rsm]

Welp, welcome to Indians replacing you and you paying their "reparations"

not me, I retired early.


my response is more for OT, see you there.

 

[The~Kid]

The only thing fender makes well is jackson

I would say Charvel.

Remember that 23 fret Kelly? lmao

This but the Fender Ultra Luxe models aren't bad either....... Those things are nice but yes the Charvels are where it's at.

 

[VonBonfire]

The only thing fender makes well is jackson

My old lady's mexican thinline tele is sweet!

 

[7704A]

copying isn't original.

Can be. Making a better mouse trap, to use the phrase. But it doesn't need to be to be validated. Trolling like Fender stifles the innovation building on the strat along with the others just flat out copying.

copying original designs without permission of the creator is a form of stealing.

Nothing was taken. The idea for the guitar was not plucked out of the creator's head, nor were they deprived of any of their property. They still have all the guitars they made, or the money they got in exchange for them.

Fender created / invented these body shapes and designs. Many others copied them from Fender.

Leo Fender. Not FMIC. And nothing wrong with copying unless you agreed to not to.

 

[The~Kid]

My old lady's mexican thinline tele is sweet!

The Brad Paisley Sigs aren't bad either