| From: | Gary Peake |
| Date: | 31 May 2000 at 22:22:35 |
| Subject: | Re: Trademarks and branding |
On Wed, 31 May 2000 22:25:48 +0000, Kevin Twyman
<kappo@theboyz.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Hello Daniel,
>
>On 31-May-00, you wrote:
>
>>> As far as Im concerned this is all a late Aprils fool Joke.
>
>> Why are people seeing it as so ridiculous? Would Sony let people get
>> away with selling unnoficial products with Sony branding? The answer
>> is of course, no (Sony recently went to the lengths of barring all
>> unofficial UK PS magazines from using the name "Playstation", hence
>> there are now around 300 different magazines called Station Power).
>> Why should Amiga behave differently?
>
>Perhaps because Sony isn't fighting to remain afloat, and doesn't need
>to convince people that their machines and systems are a Good Thing(tm)
>
>All it needs is a bit of high-handedness at this stage in the
>proceedings, and you'll see the remaining Amiga faithful desert in
>droves.
>
>Unless, of course, Amiga Inc are so convinced they have a World Beater
>in the wings that they don't really need us any more....
This is a business and it needs to be treated like it is. We make no
apologies for doing so. I do not understand how sending a simple email
asking for a license to use trademarks and branding that we paid for is so
much trouble.
If it isn't worth the trouble of sending an email, that is up to you.
Gary Peake
Director - Support
Amiga Inc.
Unless otherwise stated, my posts represent my
personal opinions and not those of my employer.
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