On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> Those of you on cbm-hackers will have already seen this message. Some
> preamble:
>
> Commodore, just yesterday (see www.commodoreworld.com) was reintroduced
> by trademark holder Tulip as an electronics subsidiary. Most of their
> current and envisioned product line is fairly unimpressive me-too products
> including an iPod/iTunes ripoff and they're actually trying to resell the
> old Epyx Commodore 64 titles to which they have acquired the rights.
>
> One thing that has not endeared Tulip to the Commodore community was an
> attempt to grind down on trademark enforcement. First it was the
> Commodore name and logo, and then the system ROMs, and there is also some
> argument over the IP of the 64 itself. Apparently a collabourator called
> Ironstone is developing a new 64 of their own, separate from the C-1 being
> created by Jeri Ellsworth, which is nearing completion. There is worry that
> Ironstone/Tulip will clamp down on new hardware development as a result.
So these people are fighting over a market worth, at most, $10,000? I
think they've already spent two times that in legal fees.
> Anyone have any comments? This seems like the C64 community is going to get
> stomped on. (None of this affects the Amiga, AFAIK, which is not owned
> by Tulip.)
I think the Tulip guys have a real success story on their hands here.
Bill Gates had better start worrying.
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