Dean Zelinski has been making these since 1977 and Big G did nothing about it.

[Unwound G]

Now they say the action was started by the previous management and they are just seeing it through...so they got Agnesi to do the dirty work.

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-to-shift-from-confrontation-towards-collaboration-following-recent-trademark-lawsuits

 

[amigarobbo]

I'm fully expecting them to throw Agnesi under the bus.

'He went rogue' - said the new head of Marketing, appointed 3 weeks before the video went out.

:evil4:

 

[AirCap]

Since Gibson is supposedly changing tactics, I think this will cease to be a "hair on fire" subject.

 

[mayfly]

Not so sure.  Not about the 'hair on fire' bit, but rather the 'changing tactics' bit.  I read the statement a few times and IMHO they have no intention of changing anything.