關於Exoto車模版權的江湖傳聞 (如有雷同,純屬巧合)
據知Exoto老闆Tony K.的老婆Eileen是一個專業的美國版權法律師,聰明的她最終找到了關於當地版權法的灰色地帶。辦法就是在新產品上不提及任何法拉利(Ferrari)的字樣,而用Tipo這個字眼代替,最重要的是宣稱這個產品跟原車廠和駕駛員沒任何關係,所有的東西只是作為參考(reference purposes)而已。
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至於那些之前還沒被剝奪法拉利版權而又已經推出的產品則可以繼續維持現狀。所以我們現在看到Exoto的網頁上出現了Ferrari和Tipo共存的奇怪現象也就不難解釋了。
當然這不100%代表沒問題,可能法拉利和Mattel根本就沒興趣和時間在這些小錢上跟Exoto糾結。
不過國內的山寨倒可以參考一下這個偷天換日的方法進行高端車模行業發展,但是是否真的行得通那還要仔細研究大陸的版權法才成。