synth19

It kinda irks me that the company used one of my shoots without asking me or the photographer for permission:

http://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215815

I won't mind if you guys post your displeasure with this vendor.

Anyways, I just PM'd the photographer.... not sure if he cares or not. Technically, the photographer owns the right of those pics and they were published and (I believe) sold to a Primedia, which is a major publisher. This could get messy. lol

Crazy Bimmer

Doubt it will get messy, most of the time they will just tell them to take the pic down. Then they do.

Nice shot though!!

Mokos23

sue them

synth19

Do you have to kill the drama in post #2?

Crazy Bimmer

Sorry that was suppose to be in red text.

What i really mean to say is that bastard will lose his back hair to you in court! Yum!

synth19

^ THIS IS GOING TO GET MESSSSSSY!!!!!!

FiveLiterCheater

Thats my site!

zeroday

I took those pics wtf?

synth19

Let's sue those b'stards!!!

BENDER08

picus

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...hlight=iforged

you're not alone. :/

NSXNEXT

iTrader: (2)

You should be ecstatic. You're trying to sell the car. Show the potential buyers how much buzz the car gets.

charliemike

Umm, what? That's not the point.

gatrhumpy

iTrader: (1)

Just e-mailed the company.

synth19

That's not the point. I'm irked because they didn't ask me or the photographer. However, the photographer should be LIVID. He's been coming up in the past couple years as a legit photographer. He would love to eventually turn his hobby into a career and only recently has been able to sell his intellectual property. IMHO, it's kinda hard making professional goals when any random company feels they can do something like this, without any ramifications. I'm not saying a lawsuit is in order, but the photo should be removed at the minimum. I think serious photographers on this site would understand my point.

charliemike

I don't think it takes a serious photographer. Just someone with common sense. Anyone that has ever tried to make it on their own knows how hard it is to get traction ... Then to have someone steal your work product (which as a photographer is all you have) undermines every minute of effort you've put out to build a reputation.

FiftyFive

Man, i wish someone would steal MY pictures! Heres to it getting MESSY!!!

DarkSithCL

iTrader: (1)

...sounds like they have a bad habit... which needs breaking...hmmm...now who might help them... I wonder?

godfather2

the same thing happened to me a couple years ago when a tuner shop posted a pic of my car on their website. i simply told them i didn't appreciate the exposure without my permission. they promptly took the photo down, then gave me a few goodies, and then asked permission. to put it up again. good luck

Malayalee King

iTrader: (1)

wheres srika 2 dishout teh photog advise

Billiam

The semi-official Acurazine photo copyright thread:

https://acurazine.com/forums/cameras-photography-44/copyright-practices-370419/

synth19

^
thanks for the link, and here is the latest update from the vendor:



righhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht

TS_eXpeed

I'd be all over their tails. That's not right. I'd take 'em to court just to teach 'em.

AZuser

Looks like it's time to put (c) copyright stamps/watermarks on all images you upload from now on.... that way no one will (mistakenly?) infringe upon your copyrights.

If the pics were sold to Primedia..... I'd contact them and let them know about this. That way Primedia can handle this and maybe even sue.

CLpower

I recieved a catalog in the mail about 7 months ago for Chevy Truck parts with a big picture of my Suburban on the cover. I just laughed

Mokos23

so what happened?