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Sneaks
02-20-2013, 3:30pm
I was goofing around on Ebay last night and came across this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/19-MRR-GT5-Wheels-Set-Chevrolet-Corvette-C5-Rims-Lugs-Caps-Set-/390545443419?hash=item5aee528a5b&item=390545443419&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr
3 of the 5 pics are of Sneaks. They vatored my pics off the interwebs, cause I didn't give this company permission to use these images. Should I shrug it off, or sue them for eleventy billion dollars, a tuna sub from Subway, and a case of 20 year old scotch?
Someone here can have the scotch. :D
Sea Six
02-20-2013, 3:35pm
Are you claiming a copyright on your images?

If you seriously expect to get something from this, they have medication out there you can consider.
syf350
02-20-2013, 3:37pm
sue for eleventy billion dollars, case of 20 year old scotch nd a subway club...way better than the tuna.:cheers:

yeah, don't think i'd be happy about it, but i am also not sure why i'd give a feck.:dunno:
Sneaks
02-20-2013, 4:04pm
Are you claiming a copyright on your images?

If you seriously expect to get something from this, they have medication out there you can consider.

Hey, it's my eleventy billion fantasy. Enough with the rational shit......:slap:
Sneaks
02-20-2013, 4:05pm
sue for eleventy billion dollars, case of 20 year old scotch nd a subway club...way better than the tuna.:cheers:

yeah, don't think i'd be happy about it, but i am also not sure why i'd give a feck.:dunno:

Club over tuna? You've been into the scotch already haven't you? :datawiz:
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lspencer534
02-20-2013, 4:37pm
In a nutshell, they're using your images to sell stuff. They profit from using your images, so you deserve a fair cut. Damned right I'd sue them.
lander
02-20-2013, 4:39pm
In a nutshell, they're using your images to sell stuff. They profit from using your images, so you deserve a fair cut. Damned right I'd sue them.


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Fastguy
02-20-2013, 4:46pm
Too bad they weren't hotlinked like ebay of yore. That was always good for a laugh when some apexed their asses.
Norm
02-20-2013, 5:35pm
I know how that happened, photog came and asked if he could shoot a few, you got all flustered, head swelled up and you said, "yeah man!"

I see the car is staged, you would never park like that regularly, so I'm guessing it was a "knock yourself out, send me a few pics". Hummmmm Timbo?:D
GentleBen
02-20-2013, 5:58pm
Well, I'll volunteer to take the Scotch off your hands. However, could you ask for a case of 50 year old The Glenlivet single malt? Thanks!!!!
Sneaks
02-20-2013, 6:05pm
I know how that happened, photog came and asked if he could shoot a few, you got all flustered, head swelled up and you said, "yeah man!"

I see the car is staged, you would never park like that regularly, so I'm guessing it was a "knock yourself out, send me a few pics". Hummmmm Timbo?:D

Actually Normy, my buddy Ron took those summer before last, with his new Nikon. He printed me off a couple really nice copies that he photoshopped out the golfers in the background for me to frame.
Reminds me to call him. He copyrights all his other pics. I'm on the eleventy billion trail like a fat kid goin' after a Ho Ho.......:leaving:
Sneaks
02-20-2013, 6:08pm
Well, I'll volunteer to take the Scotch off your hands. However, could you ask for a case of 50 year old The Glenlivet single malt? Thanks!!!!

A case of 50 year old single malt Glenlivet? You are one greedy sumbich aintcha? :D
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lspencer534
02-20-2013, 6:09pm
Actually Normy, my buddy Ron took those summer before last, with his new Nikon. He printed me off a couple really nice copies that he photoshopped out the golfers in the background for me to frame.
Reminds me to call him. He copyrights all his other pics. I'm on the eleventy billion trail like a fat kid goin' after a Ho Ho.......:leaving:

Did someone say Ho?
Sneaks
02-20-2013, 6:17pm
Did someone say Ho?

2 of em........:leaving:
Norm
02-20-2013, 6:37pm
Speakin' of guns, Silverado will be at the Howard Co FG, I believe this weekend. Would love to go, be outa town though.
lspencer534
02-20-2013, 6:45pm
2 of em........:leaving:

Photographer: "I need to focus."

Hos: "Bofus?".
Aerovette
02-20-2013, 6:55pm
I was goofing around on Ebay last night and came across this:
19" MRR GT5 Wheels Set Chevrolet Corvette C5 Rims Lugs Caps Set | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/19-MRR-GT5-Wheels-Set-Chevrolet-Corvette-C5-Rims-Lugs-Caps-Set-/390545443419?hash=item5aee528a5b&item=390545443419&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr)
3 of the 5 pics are of Sneaks. They vatored my pics off the interwebs, cause I didn't give this company permission to use these images. Should I shrug it off, or sue them for eleventy billion dollars, a tuna sub from Subway, and a case of 20 year old scotch?
Someone here can have the scotch. :D

Sue, but settle for eleventy two billion and 15 year old Scotch.
Bucwheat
02-20-2013, 7:05pm
Is there a way to prove it?
Sneaks
02-20-2013, 11:26pm
Is there a way to prove it?

Seeing as how I posted all those pics here, and other forums AND you can see my personalized SNEAKS tag, yeah I think I can prove that's my car. :D
Y2Kvert4me
02-20-2013, 11:40pm
The best you can do is demand they stop using your pics. You can't sue for damages unless you registered the copyright. That difference is THE reason to register a copyright.

I've had this happen to me before. Not on ebay, but CF vendors using pics of my car to sell a "similar" product as what they were pushing...Not even the same as they were offering.

I normally don't care if someone uses my pics, but not when they're false advertising. I asked them to stop, they got pissy with me about it, so I then cc'd savewave the PMs, and those pics vanished within seconds.
island14
02-21-2013, 7:27am
Ebay will remove the listing if you report him..

Using even factory logos, or photos are against the rules, enough warnings and they will eventually suspend the seller.
island14
02-21-2013, 7:27am
Ebay will remove the listing if you report him..

Using even factory logos, or photos are against the rules, enough warnings and they will eventually suspend the seller.
snide
02-21-2013, 7:48am
Will those wheels fit on my Stingray? :bigears:
...Whitepower...
02-21-2013, 8:27am
Imitation... Flattery... All that bullshit..

I would demand they remove the pic showing your plate though or at least obscure it.
Norm
02-21-2013, 8:39am
If nothing was exchanged (no contract, paid for service, etc.) who owns the picture, the owner of vehicle or the photographer?
Y2Kvert4me
02-21-2013, 8:42am
Now, as for forcing them to take down pictures someone else happened to take of your car in public, good luck with that.Those images ARE copyrighted, same as any picture someone takes. It's implied though, not registered.

Generally speaking, people know very little about copyright, and accepted uses. And when a threat is launched even mentioning the word copyright, people generally freak out and comply...Just because they don't know any better.

As stated above, in this instance there is an advantage because Ebay is the venue. Ebay can and probably will take action against that seller if a complaint is filed. They don't need nor want to investigate it any further and don't wish to subject themselves to any possible action of recourse.
It may be the seller's wrongdoing that they appear there, but those images in question are now being stored and hosted on Ebay's servers, making Ebay the ones ultimately responsible for the misuse.
Sneaks
02-21-2013, 10:43am
Will those wheels fit on my Stingray? :bigears:

The lug pattern should be the same. You would have to check the offset.
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