Hybrid has a Bad Day

[CrimsonGhost]

When the Gangsta Criminal thing became COOL.

Well, I guess in America it has always been cool to love and worship the outlaws.
So, no REAL suprise here.

We worship,protect and love those who would take ourrights, products of our hard work /ideas and liberty from us.

[OneEyedPimp]

Heres a question, the copyright infringement you are referring to, is that how the guy on the grips looks exactly like the guy from the game? or and I missing something?

[Arstron]

Good job slarty, if nothing does happen between the 2 companys, atleast everyone got a good laugh off of the cool "2k5ers" on pbn. lol..

You give 2k5ers a bad name nublett. Looks like I owned you :dodgy:

[Pha|anx]

AUTHORSHIP IS NOT DEAD.

As a person from a design background, this is appreciated.

Aye!


Hybrid is a Dye corporation, correct? Uhoh----

[Carbon]

HAHAHAAH, i just read 3/4 of that posted thread. I love how articulate those Hybrid defenders are. Such majestic words like "snitch" or "rat".

SlartyBartFast you're my new hero man. Has Hybrid contacted you yet in regards to the grips?

[Lohman446]

I love the people who think ti was an innocent mistake on Hybrids part - that they did nto know they were copying something

[OneEyedPimp]

Slarty, I found this one to be the funniest:

thats why. he is canadian. they ,like the french, cant fight. so like a dick he has to start **** and get Hybrid sued.

side note: almost winter so all the canadian will go play hockey insted of getting half of pbn spissed at them

It seems their only argument against you is that you are a Canadian, histerical really.(just to clarify, one of my closest friends is Canadian).

[Carbon]

Aye!


Hybrid is a Dye corporation, correct? Uhoh----

WTF are you talking about man.

Proto is a Dye subsidiary.

Hybrid a is a private company.

[Carbon]

You would think with the most recent, intellectual property issues in paintball, Hybrid, most importantly the DESIGNERS (people who are trained to deliberaty arrange images and convey messages) realize that it was too much of a gamble to use those trademarked images.

[Lohman446]

And next time let me do it so the little kiddies can threaten me

[yakitori]

its one thing for a company to find out about it and pursue copyright infringement against them, but its different when some third party online paintball internet dork emails them and snitches that hey, they are using contract killer and the H on their hybrid looks like yours from a friggen video game.

guess what, I think I will bring problems to a paintball company in defense of a video game maker that I have no right defending.

hybrid makes more than grips. They make a traitor shocker, rails, ASAs, bolt guides and tophats, etc. Many other performance upgrades for paintball guns.

I still see it as being a weasel. Its not your place to contact them and tattle. The internet corporate international crime fighting ecool jackarse.

[Carbon]

its one thing for a company to find out about it and pursue copyright infringement against them, but its different when some third party online paintball internet dork emails them and snitches that hey, they are using contract killer and the H on their hybrid looks like yours from a friggen video game.

guess what, I think I will bring problems to a paintball company in defense of a video game maker that I have no right defending.

hybrid makes more than grips. They make a traitor shocker, rails, ASAs, bolt guides and tophats, etc. Many other performance upgrades for paintball guns.

I still see it as being a weasel. Its not your place to contact them and tattle. The internet corporate international crime fighting ecool jackarse.

hahahaha you're one of them!

its about doing what is right. Hell, i'm surprised it took this long for IOI to find out, considering the demiographics paintball encompasses. You've obviously never had anyone steal your ideas and make money of it. Granted, maybe the grips were sort of an homage to the character, but its not our place to decide that, its the company's. Hybrid should of known those grips were on the 'iffy side of things" I mean, if one is to capitalize in a growing and established market, you better damn well know and be responsible for what is produced. Accountability is one factor that makes a great company.

Hopefully now, the best hybrid can hope for is a cease and decist. Actually hybrid should count their lucky stars IOI does not have legion of pitbull lawyers who want to argue intent of purposefull trademark infringement.

also, hybrid grips are uncomfrtable and terrible.

[SOAD8789]

Im glad AO took this better than PBN. I just came from PBN and happened to stumble across the same subject. Im beginning to get irritated with PBN, it used to be nice and helpful, now everyone just spreads opinions as facts and everyone sounds stupid....

Those idiots dont realize that Hybrid took a chance with using a trademark image, and it came back to bite them. It was a dumb move on hybrid's part, but whatever.

Honestly, why not just have regular black wraparound grips...they are the most comfortable...

[Lohman446]

Seriously though, what is IOI going to do likely? The same thing SP does, the same thing K2 did when it was involved with Action Markers.

They are likely going to issue a cease and desist order and let it go assuming Hybrid complies, this is not the death of a company as so many idiots seem to make it out to be the end of the company.

[yakitori]

the contract killer character may resemble the guy on the cover of himtan contracts, but that doesnt mean that it was a DIRECT copy of it. It is "bad guy" grips, and is a picture of a guy in a suit w/ a gun that is a contract killer. Its not a direct copy of the lousy video game.

If so there are lots of things that ppl could sue over. I dont see this measley representation of a "infringement" turning into a lawsuit. Most likely it will be forgotten and your Ecool points will be negative.

I mean, what kind of fool goes online in multiple forums bragging about his lame attempt to start a lawsuit. AO is classic of griping about lawsuits in paintball, and most here hate SP, yet you turn around and try to get one started cause you lose at life.