Car real names :)

[zimluura]

i'm really wondering how much difficulty we'd run into. i think racer.nl uses real car names. we could always have a splash screen that says "this is a game and is in no way indicative of any real car's performance or safety" i heard that was an issue with car damage in racing games.

but i also wonder if the look is something that can actually be copyrighted as such. reminds me of a C&D sent by the ford company to a small club making and selling mustang calenders. and, at least in that sense you have all sorts of legal precedent that things in public places are free to be photographed (replicated in 2d) so why not modeled (replicated in 3d). and i think that precedent goes back to the days when people thought cameras could steal your soul. but i'm not a lawyer and understand that once lawyers get involved we could be dealing with extortionists. then again i seem to recall seeing 3d models of production vehicles for sale on some websites.

ugh, the way intellectual property laws work here really bugs me sometimes...