Carroll Shelby same old story

[Frank Messina]

Maybe I'm alone on this but it almost seems like no matter which way CS turns or what he does he winds up being attacked, bashed, and otherwise villified, good bad or otherwise. I don't get it..... really. Everybody knows what happens when you try to clone a Ferrari in the USA, but that hardly draws a murmer. Personally I am thankful that an audacious driver with a bad heart had the vision and gumption to invest 6 or so years of an uncertain life into creating an automotive legacy that nobody could have predicted. I am further thankful that by whatever good fortune or cosmic intervention, I own a Cobra built by my hands and enjoyed by the seat of my pants beyond words. Sometimes you get the impression that folks have the notion that after he finished up with Ford Shelby should have just gone away. How about this, how about if he had croaked before he had a chance to hatch the whole Cobra idea? None of this would exist today! Maybe everybody would be over pi$$ing on Enzo's headstone instead. Be thankful, not spiteful.
Frank
Frank

[bdeutsch]

In my profession (silicon manufacturing), Intellectual Property (IP) is guarded and valued beyond what most of of would consider as being reasonable, yet it is necessary to protect our significant investment in the end product.

Another example that comes to mind that perhaps illustrates the point better is music and video. If a piece of music is written and produced by an artist, is s/he entitled to compensation whenever that music is played or purchased? From my perspective (and only my perspective for this discussion), the answer is yes. Also recognize that there are other opinions on this.

So, at least from my perspective, whether Mr. Shelby personally needs the revenue or not, is not the issue. If the products being sold use any IP initially developed by him or his various companies, he or his legal representatives have the right to protect it. While any of us may not think this is right, it is fundamentally his or his companies IP to share or not share as he deems appropriate.