I get your point but I don’t think he’d permit its digital images to be used to make a profit without his consent, if not his actual participation as a licensor or partner.
Only if he owns the Intellectual Property to the car's design. He bought the object, not necessarily the IP.
Sometimes the owners (custodians) of specific cars, one-offs and other rarities are under the mistaken impression that they also own any and all copyrights or own any intellectual property for licensing of any kind for reproducing any items with the image of their car(s) which includes models, sculptures, books, prints, Bull S___ NFTs, etc. Car owners have NO ownership licensing rights, unless they themselves designed and built some one-off. So with something like the Modulo, only the actual company who produced the car has rights. i.e. Pininfarina, or Ferrari to a lesser degree. JG has no ownership of any copyright/intellectual property of the Modulo. I've been down this path with owners and car manufacturers over the years for models that my company has produced.
Isn’t it possible that PF could have transferred all the intellectual property rights? I assume that as the creator they would have had ownership of those rights and the legal ability to transfer them.
Very highly doubtful. I have never seen that happen in my 30 + years of dealing with cars, collectors, manufacturers, etc.
Didn't Jim own the "rights" to his P4/5 cars? There was interest in a model of that Ferrari when it had it's debut. At that time Jim was negotiating a model deal but I don't know if an authorized model P4/5 exists or not now?
Being JG it wouldn’t surprise me if he was able to do that. He’s had a pretty special relationship with PF.
Again, if he had done it, he'd be posting about it non stop. Easier to think he has nothing to do with it.
According to his profile he hasn’t posted here or even accessed this site in six years. It looks like he’s moved on.
Yes, I'm sure he did, BUT those were really his cars - his direct involvement - his money to produce them, etc. So, completely different than the Modulo situation.
First of all, don’t you think if the results were “real” and/or something they’d be proud of, they would’ve published them already ? Second, I for one wouldn’t mind if this entire NFT (WTF ?) related nonsense was removed to and carried on at some CartoonChat, as it has nothing to do with Vintage Ferraris or even cars.
I’m specifically asking them for the results. Do you mind? Yes, you’ve made your opinion on the matter well known. One could make the argument that the entire thread, which is 13 years old, doesn’t belong in this forum because the Modulo is not a Ferrari, strictly speaking.
If it's really that important, why not contact them directly ? Well, at least PF Modulo is a real car (not a cartoon) AND based on Vintage Ferrari chassis and running gear, right ?
I already did that. I want to draw their attention to this thread. I could be incorrect, but far as I know it does not have a Ferrari chassis number.
Thank you for pointing that out. As I posted earlier, I’m really curious as to why the auction description didn’t mention the Modulo’s Ferrari basis. It can’t be just an oversight.
Just to put a cap on it, I never received a response from RM, nor have I heard or read anything about the status of the auction. I assume it flopped. As an aside, an NFT of the upcoming Corvette Z06 also failed to sell, the difference being there was an actual car attached to that auction.
RM's silence says a lot. If it was an epic failure as it appears to be, then I am not at all surprised. I'd be surprised if it was a success. Buying or investing in NFTs is for idiots, or crooks who use them to launder money.
Well, many of them seem to do same with specialty car and other tangible collections, museums, nonprofits, etc.
Yes, I'm well aware of many methods of laundering, but was specifically referring to NFTs in this thread.