Sinclair ZX80 / ZX81 / Z88 Forums

Hi,

Please does anyone know of anywhere where i can buy Spectrum branded clothing.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to buy sports (swim) shorts, casual top, or a T-shirt, or a bathing costume (for wife) in black with the Spectrum stripes featuring quite prominantly. No writing - I know that other fans would recognise what it was just from the colours.

If noone sells this stuff, i wonder if i coudl commission it from somewhere and seel it myself. Bound to be some sort of protection on that imaging that requirs me to get a license from the trademark holder, I suppose.

Denigor777

I don't suppose anyone is going to come chasing after you if you did make these things ..

I've seen the occasional Spectrum-branded clothing item on eBay, and I've bought a couple of them. I'd be suprised if the sellers of them gave the legalities much thought!

Trademarks have to be renewed, I think it is possible to search for details to see if a trademark is still in use.
Copyright protection on the other hand, lasts for a long time, but even if this was an issue a name or a couple of words cannot be protected by copyright.

In either case, I don't see Sky (the current owners of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum copyright) spending time and money chasing one person with a couple of T-shirts for no financial return...

If you do have some made, it is a forum requirement that you give back to the community by posting pictures

Mark

sirmorris wrote:I don't suppose anyone is going to come chasing after you if you did make these things ..

When Paul came to my house from Germany we went out to eat, and sat outside in his resplendent ZX80 T shirt it caught the attention of what I can only describe as a bearded man mountain of a guy who strolled over and said "interested in the old 8 bits yeah"? to which we both with trepidation agreed at which point he stuck his hand out and said " good because I'm Napoleon Blownapart from the WOS forum here's me card"!

Talk about small world!