I don't know whether to be proud or annoyed......
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Have just been scouring the independents web-sites looking at servicing costs for Cerbs.
On 1 site I found a pic of a car that looked the spitting image of ours.
Because I'm working nights & I'm bored, I've done some checks, and it is our car, but not only that, the image has been swiped from my website (before I watermarked my pics).
I don't know whether to be proud that they have decided to use my car, or annoyed that they stole my picture without asking ? :confused:
On 1 site I found a pic of a car that looked the spitting image of ours.
Because I'm working nights & I'm bored, I've done some checks, and it is our car, but not only that, the image has been swiped from my website (before I watermarked my pics).
I don't know whether to be proud that they have decided to use my car, or annoyed that they stole my picture without asking ? :confused:
dvpeace said:
What would be really anoying is if they just linked to the image on your site and got you to serve it!
If anybody ever does that to you, by the way, save a new image to your site with the same name. The new image could say "I am a copyright-stealing b
d" for example. Then you simply re-code your own site so it appears the same as before - but his doesn't... tvrgit said:
dvpeace said:
What would be really anoying is if they just linked to the image on your site and got you to serve it!
If anybody ever does that to you, by the way, save a new image to your site with the same name. The new image could say "I am a copyright-stealing bd" for example. Then you simply re-code your own site so it appears the same as before - but his doesn't...
This happened recently with Fuddrockers Burger chain in the USA - read about it here:
www.livejournal.com/users/dirigibles/75781.html
Funny story!
Tony
my wife owns an xkss rep. one of only 50 made. imagine her supprise when she was sent a birthday card with her actual car on the front. even had the cheek to have her reg. on it. seems it was spotted at a car show we attended and was photographed by the card company. and no we could'nt claim copyright. BUMMER.
Never understood the rules on this.
So if you took the picture, is it automatically copyrighted by you? Or do you have to get this done officially?
If you use a picture given to you by another person and then another site steals it from you, is he liable to you or the original picture taker?
And, how do you prove you took the original picture?
If someone takes a picture of you or your property and uses it for publicity, do you have a right to claim costs? what if they use it for a non-profit purpose? do you have any rights to legally ask for the image to be withdrawn from public use?
Such a hairy area
So if you took the picture, is it automatically copyrighted by you? Or do you have to get this done officially?
If you use a picture given to you by another person and then another site steals it from you, is he liable to you or the original picture taker?
And, how do you prove you took the original picture?
If someone takes a picture of you or your property and uses it for publicity, do you have a right to claim costs? what if they use it for a non-profit purpose? do you have any rights to legally ask for the image to be withdrawn from public use?
Such a hairy area

Copyright is automatically with the person who created the work, i.e. the photographer.
With regard to permission to use the photographed material, it's still at the photographer's discretion with the exception of individual people where it becomes more of a grey area and permission may be required to publish (or it's wise to obtain it).
With regard to permission to use the photographed material, it's still at the photographer's discretion with the exception of individual people where it becomes more of a grey area and permission may be required to publish (or it's wise to obtain it).
PetrolTed said:Ted, how's the legal position, when -for example
Copyright is automatically with the person who created the work, i.e. the photographer.
With regard to permission to use the photographed material, it's still at the photographer's discretion with the exception of individual people where it becomes more of a grey area and permission may be required to publish (or it's wise to obtain it).
- I use a photograph from someone else for artwork that I create, ie. a manipulated image that shows something different than the original?verminator said:
my wife owns an xkss rep. one of only 50 made. imagine her supprise when she was sent a birthday card with her actual car on the front. even had the cheek to have her reg. on it. seems it was spotted at a car show we attended and was photographed by the card company. and no we could'nt claim copyright. BUMMER.
51, see my profile.Bodo said:
Ted, how's the legal position, when -for example - I use a photograph from someone else for artwork that I create, ie. a manipulated image that shows something different than the original?
No different to sampling music tracks (ala Moby) and using them to create new work. Generally tolerated, but still naughty.
BTW, if someone takes a picture of your car/property parked on the street and publishes it in about a zillion places, there is nothing you can do about that.
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