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GVDOBLER, I think that you need to reevaluate your position. Railroads and equipment manufacturers have for decades allowed model train manufacturers to make likenesses of their logos and products Creative businesses like music and movie companies PRODUCE the music and images as their basic product and are entitled to protection of that product. If Union Pacific gets it's way it will KILL model railroading and with it, the one group of prople who think railroading has any future. Imagine if EMD had their paws out along with the railroad whose name is painted on an engine. This would add $ 10 to $15 to the price of every model locomotive and would TOTALLY DESTROY the toy train business. JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF THE MOST P.R. IGNORANT BUSINESS ON EARTH MACHINE GUNNING I'TS FOOT >[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by gvdobler If you sell a product with say Disney characters or Elvis' face, then you must pay the people that own the rights. When you hear music playing in a bar or wherever, the owner is paying a subscription to BMI (Broadcast music Inc) and the pay the royalty money to the artists. You will note that Elvis is dead (fallen flag) but you still have to pay his estate. (he makes more now than when he was alive, by the way.) I guess I don't see what UP did that was so bad. Jon - Las Vegas [/quote]
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