stevegreetham
Member
Registered: 30th Oct 03
Location: Grimsby/Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
Not too sure where i stand.
At a show this year i was asked about my scuttle pannel by ABS motorsport. At no point was permission asked about using pics for their website or anything....they didnt even make it!
Just been helping a mate find something and guess what cropped up....
http://www.absmotorsport.net/product_info.php?products_id=4670
http://www.absmotorsport.net/product_info.php?products_id=4669
 has this happened to anyone before?
Many thanks, 
|
stevegreetham
Member
Registered: 30th Oct 03
Location: Grimsby/Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
....i have now nicked one of the pics off there and used it as my avatar lol
|
CorsAsh
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
User status: Offline
|
Just email them, and say you notice that they're using your pics without your permission. If they wish to continue using them, you would like to receive some form of gratuity.
Keep it polite, but firm, if it really bothers you that much. What is it with people nicking pics of your car recently anyway? 
|
Robin
Premium Member
Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
User status: Offline
|
did you buy the parts from them?
|
Adam_B
Member
Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
User status: Offline
|
as far as im aware the picture belongs to whoever took it. doesnt matter that its your car.
|
CorsAsh
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
User status: Offline
|
Ah, I read it as using his pics. In that case Adam's right.
|
Robin
Premium Member
Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
User status: Offline
|
do you not technically need permission to take a picture of someones car?
|
John G
Member
Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
User status: Offline
|
unles u have copyright rules over the pic it belongs to the person who took it
be happy your car is gettin publically used over forums
better then nothing
|
CorsAsh
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
User status: Offline
|
Plus, if the parts on your car aren't from them, then they're deceiving people in a way...
|
Adam_B
Member
Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
User status: Offline
|
ross says-
copyrght belongs to the person that took the image unless an agreement was signed otherwise. using pictures for advertising without consent is a silly thing to do. my advice would be to write a letter informing them that they have broken their copyright and ask for costs of using the image, renumeration for using it without consent and costs for writting and posting the letter. they should give them 10 working days to reply before sending another letter
|
CorsAsh
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
User status: Offline
|
The way I read it now is that they took the pics of his car to sell parts, even though the parts he has may not be what they are selling.
So whilst going off Ross' comment, they're not breaking copyright as the pics belong to them, they could still be infringing something in the Sale of Goods Act by advertising their products with pictures of similar items that they didn't supply...
|
Paul H
Member
Registered: 11th Aug 03
Location: Lincoln.
User status: Offline
|
ask for a car bra
|
stevegreetham
Member
Registered: 30th Oct 03
Location: Grimsby/Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Just email them, and say you notice that they're using your pics without your permission. If they wish to continue using them, you would like to receive some form of gratuity.
Keep it polite, but firm, if it really bothers you that much. What is it with people nicking pics of your car recently anyway?
I dont know mate, its doing my head in Bet its the same guy that put the car on ebay lol
|
stevegreetham
Member
Registered: 30th Oct 03
Location: Grimsby/Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Paul H
ask for a car bra
i'll be asking for a deal on red carbon/kevlar parts as its what they apparently deal in most
|
Adam_B
Member
Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
User status: Offline
|
just send em a whiney email, try and bag some free stuff. if they tell you to piss off dont worry about it.
|
stevegreetham
Member
Registered: 30th Oct 03
Location: Grimsby/Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
worth a try, i'll write a letter though. they can always say they never got the email
|
Steve
Premium Member
Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Paul H
ask for a car bra
bastard  although the correct terminology would be "Demand a free car bra "
|
Paul H
Member
Registered: 11th Aug 03
Location: Lincoln.
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
quote:
Originally posted by Paul H
ask for a car bra
bastard although the correct terminology would be "Demand a free car bra "
i knew you would say it
|
stevegreetham
Member
Registered: 30th Oct 03
Location: Grimsby/Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
whats all this hype about car bras anyway?
|
Paul H
Member
Registered: 11th Aug 03
Location: Lincoln.
User status: Offline
|
somebody stole one of icy's pics so he asked for a car bra and got slated for it
[Edited on 07-08-2006 by Paul H]
|
stevegreetham
Member
Registered: 30th Oct 03
Location: Grimsby/Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
is the purpose of one to stop stone chips?
|
Paul H
Member
Registered: 11th Aug 03
Location: Lincoln.
User status: Offline
|
yes
|
Adam_B
Member
Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
User status: Offline
|
Steve, ross says-
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=302718
can you also inform steve that not only has he printed copyrighted pics but he is using them on his website
|
b_killer_c
Member
Registered: 8th Mar 04
Location: Muirkirk, East Ayrshire
User status: Offline
|
you have to send the letter via recorded delivery. have to. its happened to me before, and the office of trading standards advised me.
|
stevegreetham
Member
Registered: 30th Oct 03
Location: Grimsby/Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
cheers lads, i'll get on it tomorrow
|
