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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 09:31 PM
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I just got 2 Jake shirts from badboyvettes.com
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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I did this as a display one time. Only have a couple subtle Jakes on there now.
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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anybody know where to get a black or white c5 jakes?
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by hawaiiC5
anybody know where to get a black or white c5 jakes?
You need to get the C5 Jake and take it to a place that can cut them out for you. You can PM me for it if you like. No one is allowed to sell the C5 Jake because GM put a stop to it. Badboyvettes only sells the C6 Jake.
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 12:26 AM
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anybody know where to get a black or white c5 jakes?
I would suggest contacting the OP...
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now im not bashing the Jake skull at all and i love it.... but when we "C5 Owners" run this skull, isnt it like a C4 owner using C5 flags on their car? just seems off to me
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Originally Posted by TrippleBlackC5
now im not bashing the Jake skull at all and i love it.... but when we "C5 Owners" run this skull, isnt it like a C4 owner using C5 flags on their car? just seems off to me
I agree with you but if you use the C5 Jake skull then it looks a lot better. But to each their own.
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 08:35 AM
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Seems a little excessive, no?
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Originally Posted by 02MillenniumVette
You need to get the C5 Jake and take it to a place that can cut them out for you. You can PM me for it if you like. No one is allowed to sell the C5 Jake because GM put a stop to it. Badboyvettes only sells the C6 Jake.
Do you know this for a fact or just heard this from someone? If you do have facts please post it up. Would really be interested in it. Thanks
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Originally Posted by TrippleBlackC5
now im not bashing the Jake skull at all and i love it.... but when we "C5 Owners" run this skull, isnt it like a C4 owner using C5 flags on their car? just seems off to me
well depends I guess....I seem to like these versions...but it could be cause Iam a little bias

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1568606649
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by XtremeVette
Do you know this for a fact or just heard this from someone? If you do have facts please post it up. Would really be interested in it. Thanks
It was posted sometime last year. One of our forum vendors was going to give anyone on here some C5 Jake skulls if they made a donation to St. Judes and GM wrote them a letter and put a stop to it. Apparently the C5 Jake is covered under the C6 Jake copyright or trademark.
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Do you know this for a fact or just heard this from someone? If you do have facts please post it up. Would really be interested in it. Thanks
I found the thread.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...ut-for-gm.html
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Originally Posted by 02MillenniumVette
Hmmm very interesting....I would love to see the letter cause if that is true and the wording is correct. GM can't stop that and they would lose easily if someone took them to court over it. If you "give away something for a donation" you are not making anything on it and therefore no copyright is being used for personal profit gain. I deal with copyrights all day long when it comes to artwork. I still haven't found any documentation proving GM is even the rightful owner of the logo. It was originally concepted and drawn on a napkin while at the 24hrs of Lemans by BadBoy vettes back in 2004.

This is their story.

We were at Le Mans in 2004 and we met the Corvette Racing team. We noticed that the team had unofficially embraced skull icons as a symbol of the take-no-prisoners mentality of those intense 24 hours. "TAKE NO PRISONERS" was actually scrawled on the wall of the Corvette pit.

We thought that the team should have its very own skull icon and we sketched our idea over beers on a cocktail napkin.

The C6.R "Mascot" made its debut on C6.R's b pillars the next year at the 2005 Le Mans race. They've been on the C6.R's ever since. What can we say except that we're extremely happy & proud to have our design on the coolest racecars in the world.
My best guess without the documentation is that both companies share the copyright. The only real safe way would be to draw up a logo different enough then the C6R logo and don't use any terminology to "take no prisoners". Once done get badboy vettes and/or GM to sign off on it. Would be very interesting to find out what each says. If they like it, they might even say its ok but that you would have to purchase a license to use it. If they like the design enough, you can then say ok...lets me a deal, I will let you have ownership of my version for a free license. This works out for both parties and I have seen it done in the past.

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Originally Posted by TrippleBlackC5
now im not bashing the Jake skull at all and i love it.... but when we "C5 Owners" run this skull, isnt it like a C4 owner using C5 flags on their car? just seems off to me
Not at all. You are honoring the C6R racing team, their car- the ALMS, Magnusson, O'COnnel, Gavin, Beretta, Ron Fellows, etc.


It's not like having a C6 is any closer to driving (or owning) a Pratt Miller C6R race car.


Of course, this is just my opinion. I have shirts, hats, decals, posters. For me, its like running an American flag, not trying to be a "wannabe" C6 owner. I made my choice clearly for 2 C5's over the last 5 years.
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