https://autographsauthenticationsto...d-guild-reddened-woodgrained-acoustic-guitar/
Just type "Guild" in their "search" box.
Just type "Guild" in their "search" box.
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If I were a bettin’ man I put money on those signatures being as real as the guitars.
They are in Vegas. Maybe Tom needs to pay them a visit.
I tend to agree. When I think of something as being autographed I think of the signer being physically present, holding the pen, marker or whatever, and signing the object. I get the sense there is some nuanced legal definition of autograph that allows a real signature to be reproduced and described as autographed. I note that their focus seems to be decoration which suggests their customers might not care about authenticity in the same way that we do.
That said, I look at some of the unreal Guilds and wonder if CMG's lawyers would have a reason to send them a letter concerning trademarks.
I suspect the same bit of technology that he uses to duplicate the signatures can also duplicate the corporate logos. That seems to me like grounds for a good poke by the lawyers, particularly Gibson given how they have been lately. More than likely the entity will just disappear if that happens and reappear later as a different entity to try again. My thinking is the guitars are all knockoffs and the signatures cloned from other sources....
What, you don't think he would have stooped to playing a ratty old Guild by the time he was a teen wannabe?Never mind that Slash wasn't even born until 1965...
I'm beginning to suspect that folks that wind up there realize most of this stuff is purely decorative (but still grossly overpriced) and has no real collector's value, otherwise it'd be in Rick Harrison's place just up the road:Unfortunately, some people will no doubt be duped by this unscrupulous charade.
Au contraire, mon frere, this one MUST be legit, the TRC's even upside down!:I think the most disturbing thing about these rip offs is their unapologetic lack of TRC's...
In the case of DCustom I think it was suggested that the issue might be proving substantial damage to the brand equity, which would be even more difficult because my memory was that their knock-offs were models that were no longer in production.It's amazing the lawyers are not after all of them, what they produce in China is one thing, but how can they market and sell them in the US?
It doesn't matter if they are DCustom Guitar in Las Vegas (which is actually Green Infinity General Merchandise, LLC, incorporated and based in Lewes, Delaware, Delaware State File Number: 7011511. HBS Record ID Number: 372599) or DH Gate or whatever.
It's funny DH Gate is full of fake goods but they have an "Intellectual Property Protection System": https://brand.dhgate.com/usr/sign.do#hp1806_cs-3-b
Ralf
Yep, licensing celebrity images has been a nice money maker for generations, (Monkees lunchboxes, anybody?) and an autograph would seem to be just another form of "image":I get the sense there is some nuanced legal definition of autograph that allows a real signature to be reproduced and described as autographed. I note that their focus seems to be decoration which suggests their customers might not care about authenticity in the same way that we do.
thinking of selling my Br. before i put it on CL, totally gonna grab a white crayon or pen and sign it. then add 500 to the asking price
At this point I'm willing to bet that somewhere they've paid the licensing fees to the various rights holders for this purpose.I'm thinking these guys could be prosecuted for fraud, internet fraud, postal fraud, copyright infringement, etc, etc. if they could even be located.