I'm not so confident about Peugeot's willingness to okay use of factory
Rootes material. I've heard a few stories about them being a bit
overprotective. They're not as overprotective as BMW
(BMC/Triumph/Rover/Rolls-Royce) but I would be surprised if they gave you
the go-ahead to use anything. It's so much easier for them to say no. To say
yes they probably need approval from someone "higher up".
I've used a lot of factory material on my site anyway. I doubt they would
ever bother to look, and if they did and saw that it was used in a positive
way, hopefully they would let it ride.
Why they would care is another matter, since they have shown no inclination
to use the Rootes marques again.
Russ Maddock
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc James Small <msmall(at)roanoke.infi.net>
To: CMeinel464(at)aol.com <CMeinel464(at)aol.com>
Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>; tigers(at)autox.team.net
<tigers(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, 16 March 1999 10:55
Subject: Re: Who got the rights?
>At 07:35 PM 1999-03-15 EST, Curt Meinel wrote:
>>As far as parts are concerned both Rick at Sunbeam Specialties and myself
>>(Classic Sunbeam), have remade many parts over the years. Since Sunbeam
like
>>most British cars used many subcontractors such as Girling, Lucas,
>Lockheed, I
>>would think you would have to check each individual item for patent
>>infringements.
>
>Well, patent infringements aren't the problem: the issue is that of
>copyright and trademark. As the trademarks haven't been used for many a
>year, they are probably all lapsed by now. The copyright might be a
>tougher issue but, under US law, at least, you probably don't need
>permission to reproduce a Rootes Group publication.
>
>A quick message to Peugeot should resolve this, in any event. I cannot
>believe they would object, after thirty years, to the reproduction of
>Rootes Group material.
>
>Marc
>
>msmall(at)roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315
>Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>
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