Okay. When you visit the Morel website (which is www.morel.co.il) it gives
you a warning about a Boston, MA based imitation company that is supposedly
illegally using their logo. The Boston webiste (www.morelusa.com) has what
appears to be the exact same products & prices that Madisound (an authorized
DIY Morel distributor) has.

I've heard that the morelusa company was a subsidiary of Morel and broke
off. So I'm wondering, 1) What difference, if any, are there between a
particular Morel driver of the same model number from each company, and 2)
Anyone know what kind of legal actions Morel has taken about this?

I hope I'm making sense. This is the first I've ever heard of this and
until yesterday I always thought the actual Morel webiste was morelusa.

Tony


--


What's more likely? That an all-powerful mysterious god created the
universe and then decided not to give any proof of his existence? Or, that
he simply doesn't exist at all? And that we created him so that we wouldn't
have to feel so small and alone. -Eleanor Arroway, Contact

Okay. When you visit the Morel website (which is www.morel.co.il) it
gives
you a warning about a Boston, MA based imitation company that is
supposedly
illegally using their logo. The Boston webiste (www.morelusa.com) has
what
appears to be the exact same products & prices that Madisound (an
authorized
DIY Morel distributor) has.

Yeah, I brought this up a couple months ago. Not sure if it's still the
case, but at one point they were both throwing accusations at the other.
hehe

By the way, Madisound has the morelusa products I believe.


I've heard that the morelusa company was a subsidiary of Morel and broke
off.

I think you're right.

So I'm wondering, 1) What difference, if any, are there between a
particular Morel driver of the same model number from each company,

Do they share the same models? I was under the impression that they did
not.

and 2)
Anyone know what kind of legal actions Morel has taken about this?

I think they can only if the Israeli company has US distributors. Is that
the case?


I hope I'm making sense. This is the first I've ever heard of this and
until yesterday I always thought the actual Morel webiste was morelusa.

I've actually never used the israel based products, but I've used the USA
drivers. So I can't compare the two. I'd like to hear comparisons from
anyone who has used both.

Mark,

Several of the part numbers on the moreusa website corresponded to madisound
site. I was under the impression that moreusa was the imitation company and
madisound was the legit distributor. However, when I go to the Israeli site
(morel.co.il) none of the numbers match the other two. However however
(LOL) the madisound claims to be an authorized distributor and has a link to
the morel.co.il site. So when you say that madisound has the morelusa
products, I'm led to believe that both the morelusa AND the madisound site
are imitations and the morel.co.il is the real thing. I'm confused!

Tony



What's more likely? That an all-powerful mysterious god created the
universe and then decided not to give any proof of his existence? Or, that
he simply doesn't exist at all? And that we created him so that we wouldn't
have to feel so small and alone. -Eleanor Arroway, Contact
"Mark Zarella" wrote in message
.. .
Okay. When you visit the Morel website (which is www.morel.co.il) it
gives
you a warning about a Boston, MA based imitation company that is
supposedly
illegally using their logo. The Boston webiste (www.morelusa.com) has
what
appears to be the exact same products & prices that Madisound (an
authorized
DIY Morel distributor) has.

Yeah, I brought this up a couple months ago. Not sure if it's still the
case, but at one point they were both throwing accusations at the other.
hehe

By the way, Madisound has the morelusa products I believe.


I've heard that the morelusa company was a subsidiary of Morel and broke
off.

I think you're right.

So I'm wondering, 1) What difference, if any, are there between a
particular Morel driver of the same model number from each company,

Do they share the same models? I was under the impression that they did
not.

and 2)
Anyone know what kind of legal actions Morel has taken about this?

I think they can only if the Israeli company has US distributors. Is that
the case?


I hope I'm making sense. This is the first I've ever heard of this and
until yesterday I always thought the actual Morel webiste was morelusa.

I've actually never used the israel based products, but I've used the USA
drivers. So I can't compare the two. I'd like to hear comparisons from
anyone who has used both.

Mark,

I don't know if you've discovered this, but according to the morel.co.il
website, it lists Madisound as the sole U.S. distributor for DIY and OEM
products and Jason Scott Distributing, Inc. as the sole U.S. distributor for
home and car audio. But I'm still uncertain as to why morelusa is getting
away with imitating their products and using their logo. ??

Tony


--


What's more likely? That an all-powerful mysterious god created the
universe and then decided not to give any proof of his existence? Or, that
he simply doesn't exist at all? And that we created him so that we wouldn't
have to feel so small and alone. -Eleanor Arroway, Contact
"Mark Zarella" wrote in message
.. .
Okay. When you visit the Morel website (which is www.morel.co.il) it
gives
you a warning about a Boston, MA based imitation company that is
supposedly
illegally using their logo. The Boston webiste (www.morelusa.com) has
what
appears to be the exact same products & prices that Madisound (an
authorized
DIY Morel distributor) has.

Yeah, I brought this up a couple months ago. Not sure if it's still the
case, but at one point they were both throwing accusations at the other.
hehe

By the way, Madisound has the morelusa products I believe.


I've heard that the morelusa company was a subsidiary of Morel and broke
off.

I think you're right.

So I'm wondering, 1) What difference, if any, are there between a
particular Morel driver of the same model number from each company,

Do they share the same models? I was under the impression that they did
not.

and 2)
Anyone know what kind of legal actions Morel has taken about this?

I think they can only if the Israeli company has US distributors. Is that
the case?


I hope I'm making sense. This is the first I've ever heard of this and
until yesterday I always thought the actual Morel webiste was morelusa.

I've actually never used the israel based products, but I've used the USA
drivers. So I can't compare the two. I'd like to hear comparisons from
anyone who has used both.

That doesn't appear to be true. Not one of Morel Israel's products appear
on Madisound's page. My guess is that Morel Israel is still treating Morel
USA as a subsidiary - at least in their distributor list. Sorta like a
China-Taiwan thing.

"Tony Fernandes" wrote in message
...
Mark,

I don't know if you've discovered this, but according to the morel.co.il
website, it lists Madisound as the sole U.S. distributor for DIY and OEM
products and Jason Scott Distributing, Inc. as the sole U.S. distributor
for
home and car audio. But I'm still uncertain as to why morelusa is getting
away with imitating their products and using their logo. ??

Tony


--


What's more likely? That an all-powerful mysterious god created the
universe and then decided not to give any proof of his existence? Or,
that
he simply doesn't exist at all? And that we created him so that we
wouldn't
have to feel so small and alone. -Eleanor Arroway, Contact
"Mark Zarella" wrote in message
.. .
Okay. When you visit the Morel website (which is www.morel.co.il) it
gives
you a warning about a Boston, MA based imitation company that is
supposedly
illegally using their logo. The Boston webiste (www.morelusa.com) has
what
appears to be the exact same products & prices that Madisound (an
authorized
DIY Morel distributor) has.

Yeah, I brought this up a couple months ago. Not sure if it's still the
case, but at one point they were both throwing accusations at the other.
hehe

By the way, Madisound has the morelusa products I believe.


I've heard that the morelusa company was a subsidiary of Morel and
broke
off.

I think you're right.

So I'm wondering, 1) What difference, if any, are there between a
particular Morel driver of the same model number from each company,

Do they share the same models? I was under the impression that they did
not.

and 2)
Anyone know what kind of legal actions Morel has taken about this?

I think they can only if the Israeli company has US distributors. Is
that
the case?


I hope I'm making sense. This is the first I've ever heard of this
and
until yesterday I always thought the actual Morel webiste was
morelusa.

I've actually never used the israel based products, but I've used the
USA
drivers. So I can't compare the two. I'd like to hear comparisons from
anyone who has used both.

If I recall the Morel company was founded in the UK. The UK parent
went under and in the ensuing splintering of the company both the
Morel USA and Morel IL operations were granted exclusive rights to
certain territories for OEM products. Morel IL I believe builds it own
products based on their own designs whereas Morel USA builds products
based on the original British designs by Morel UK. I could be wrong
but that's how I remember it anyhow.....

I guess the siblings are now rivalling at capturing the US market
again. One note I've seen recently that Macrom is making a push into
North America again. The old Macrom brand used Morel designed
products....however I'm not sure if they were at the time US designed,
British designed or Israeli designed. Also I'm not sure anymore what
if any ties Macrom now has to either Morel USA or Morel IL....

Interesting questions to ponder for sure....I hope someone has some
concrete info to add.




On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 15:46:07 GMT, "Mark Zarella"
wrote:

That doesn't appear to be true. Not one of Morel Israel's products appear
on Madisound's page. My guess is that Morel Israel is still treating Morel
USA as a subsidiary - at least in their distributor list. Sorta like a
China-Taiwan thing.

"Tony Fernandes" wrote in message
...
Mark,

I don't know if you've discovered this, but according to the morel.co.il
website, it lists Madisound as the sole U.S. distributor for DIY and OEM
products and Jason Scott Distributing, Inc. as the sole U.S. distributor
for
home and car audio. But I'm still uncertain as to why morelusa is getting
away with imitating their products and using their logo. ??

Tony


--


What's more likely? That an all-powerful mysterious god created the
universe and then decided not to give any proof of his existence? Or,
that
he simply doesn't exist at all? And that we created him so that we
wouldn't
have to feel so small and alone. -Eleanor Arroway, Contact
"Mark Zarella" wrote in message
.. .
Okay. When you visit the Morel website (which is www.morel.co.il) it
gives
you a warning about a Boston, MA based imitation company that is
supposedly
illegally using their logo. The Boston webiste (www.morelusa.com) has
what
appears to be the exact same products & prices that Madisound (an
authorized
DIY Morel distributor) has.

Yeah, I brought this up a couple months ago. Not sure if it's still the
case, but at one point they were both throwing accusations at the other.
hehe

By the way, Madisound has the morelusa products I believe.


I've heard that the morelusa company was a subsidiary of Morel and
broke
off.

I think you're right.

So I'm wondering, 1) What difference, if any, are there between a
particular Morel driver of the same model number from each company,

Do they share the same models? I was under the impression that they did
not.

and 2)
Anyone know what kind of legal actions Morel has taken about this?

I think they can only if the Israeli company has US distributors. Is
that
the case?


I hope I'm making sense. This is the first I've ever heard of this
and
until yesterday I always thought the actual Morel webiste was
morelusa.

I've actually never used the israel based products, but I've used the
USA
drivers. So I can't compare the two. I'd like to hear comparisons from
anyone who has used both.






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