Hi Shawn,

No, nothing like that. They were "fair usage" parody style pieces
featuring brands like hot wheels, Krispy Kreme, and Castrol. AFAIK they
were never confronted by any lawyers.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca

syncro wrote:
> Were the copyright issues with Vw like so many of the tech shop horrors I've
> read?
>
> Shawn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Potts [mailto:greg@pottsfamily.ca]
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 8:12 AM
> To: syncro
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: EveryBus 2008 T-shirts
>
> Hi Shawn,
>
> After years of near-copyright-enfringement shirt designs, the shirt this
> year is new from the ground up.
>
> In the words of the event promoter, posted elsewhere:
> "It's Japanese not Chinese. On the left it reads EveryBus and on the
> right it roughly translates as 10 years of letting the good times roll.
> It's roughly based on 1950s sci fi movie posters."
>
> I know the artist who designed the shirt, and he was definitely sober
> when the design was created. He just thinks a little different sometimes.
>
> Shirt ordering should start today.
>
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> www.busesofthecorn.com
> www.pottsfamily.ca
>
>
> syncro wrote:
>> Hahahaha! Godzilla is attaching all the hippies!
>>
>> This shirt rocks, I won't be at EVERYBUS but I'm still getting "the
> shirt".
>> What does the Japanese characters mean?
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>> Greg Potts
>> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:20 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: FWD: EveryBus 2008 T-shirts
>>
>> (Forwarded from the NC Kampenfoolz mailing list)
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The T-shirt design has been finalized and general ordering info can be
>> found here.
>>
>> http://www.mindspring.com/~everybus/tshirt.html
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Chris
>> --
>>
>>
>
>
>