Gibson Update
- cassius987
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So what will happen to the wood? I see Gibson lost their rights to it- does the gov't now auction it off? I would hope it would be used and not destroyed.
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Fuel for the annual BBQ of all of the confiscated illegal animals...
I have NO idea what to do with those skinny stringed things... I'm just a bass player...
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GIbson seem to be doing the right thing now, it's just a shame that they had to be jumped on hard to make that happen...
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Apparently a Gibson employee went to Madagascar in 2008 and was told that the ebony was illegal to export. He relayed that information to his superiors, who did nothing. Oh wait, actually they did do something... They kept placing orders with their ebony supplier, a German company that imported ebony from Madagascar to ship over to Gibson.
http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/n ... n08062012/
Sounds like monkey business to me!
http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/n ... n08062012/
Sounds like monkey business to me!
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- electrofaro
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Legal or illegal says nothing about the actual impact the deforestation has on the local environment...
Gibson's official press release on the topic:
http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/F ... lemen.aspx
Got to love the picture with "fret" on it
Hey, you stole my jokecjj wrote:Fuel for the annual BBQ of all of the confiscated illegal animals...
Gibson's official press release on the topic:
http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/F ... lemen.aspx
Got to love the picture with "fret" on it
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Yeah, good jokes need to be shared...Wildberry wrote:Legal or illegal says nothing about the actual impact the deforestation has on the local environment...
Hey, you stole my jokecjj wrote:Fuel for the annual BBQ of all of the confiscated illegal animals...
I have NO idea what to do with those skinny stringed things... I'm just a bass player...
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According to Henry Juszkiewicz's statement they get back some of it.chrisdski wrote:So what will happen to the wood? I see Gibson lost their rights to it- does the gov't now auction it off? I would hope it would be used and not destroyed.
...An important part of the settlement is that we are getting back the materials seized in a second armed raid on our factories...
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Given that it was illegal to buy, that is a very good question. Does the USG send it back to Madagascar or does it end up with some furniture makers in N. Carolina?chrisdski wrote:So what will happen to the wood? I see Gibson lost their rights to it- does the gov't now auction it off? I would hope it would be used and not destroyed.
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I wouldn't be at all surprised if it ends up in a government auction, just like a lot of "seized" items...
I have NO idea what to do with those skinny stringed things... I'm just a bass player...
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So then, the USG sells illegal to buy product, eh?cjj wrote:I wouldn't be at all surprised if it ends up in a government auction, just like a lot of "seized" items...
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Weird, huh?
I have NO idea what to do with those skinny stringed things... I'm just a bass player...
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The report says that agents who went into the factory had to wear bullet proof vests.....That must be a dangerous place to work in