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My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:32 AM
...without my permission...

http://reviews.turbometal.com/1995-1999-chevrolet-cavalier-led-halo-projector-headlights/




-Markus
2002 Yellow Cavalier LS Sport
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Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:48 AM
well its a nice ass shot! get on em though...



Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:42 AM
where was it uploaded to? on most uploading sites, you lose your rights to the picture.


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Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:03 AM
I don't see a water mark in it, and it's posted for everyone to use publicly, Sorry but not a thing you can do.


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Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:40 AM
Nice pic though lol










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Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:16 AM
id just let the company know your going to drag their name thru the mud.... its just pathetic for a company to steal pics of other cars versus getting their own photo's.


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Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:25 AM
personally i dont see what the big deal is on THIS particular picture? yes... you took it but neither car is yours so why does it matter? if anything you should be honored you're work was good enough to be stolen LOL

but yeah i get where you are coming from. some lame company stole the pictures of my carbon fiber trunk install a couple years back and actually used them for a group buy on HERE! needless to say i jumped down their throat about it.



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Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:22 AM
Ask them if you can get something for using your picture, some kind of hook up or discount other than that there is not much you can do sorry bro

edit: I also noticed Roberts car from jacksonville is on that site too lol


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Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:02 AM
Had the same thing happen to me from some ebay seller that sold Z3 fenders waaaaaaaaaay back in the day.
I just took it as a complement and went on with my day. Picture looks nice. Good modding!



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Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:39 AM
s1lver_N1p wrote:where was it uploaded to? on most uploading sites, you lose your rights to the picture.


This, when you upload a picture to a hosting site, it typically says in the terms of use that when you upload you're also giving any user the rights to use, manipulate, or anything royalty free. So technically, they had your permission to do whatever they want with your photos unless you used a private hosting.

Nice picture by the way!



Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:45 AM
ask them for discount on parts and then be done with it...I would be flattered!




Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:54 PM
Umm... there is even more hahaha

http://reviews.turbometal.com/98-02-chevrolet-cavalier-cold-air-intake/
That's chaz's car at the top,

And none of those pictures have their intake...
and only... the turbo'd cav actually had a 2.2 like they were stating the intake is for....
WOW



Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:34 PM
I like this pic for their 95-02 2.2L intake.



The AEM badge on it makes it priceless.



Tinkles

2003 Cavalier 1SV
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Re: My photo was used
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:48 PM
why is everyone crying about this lately if you post your car on the net someones gonna use the picture theres not copy rightso they can. also you should be happy that they picked your car that means they like the look of it. i have mine looking stock anyone want to copy it, go ahead it looks like every other z24



JBO since July 30, 2001
Re: My photo was used
Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:30 AM
it would be a big compliment to me



Re: My photo was used
Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:47 AM
Wait, is that even EcoMarks's car?



Re: My photo was used
Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:52 AM
Bleco.22 wrote:Wait, is that even EcoMarks's car?


Don't get me wrong guys, I'm flattered, but it is still my property that was used without my permission. It does not matter who's car is in it. Just because someone takes a picture of your car, it doesn't mean it's your property. The person took that photo with THEIR camera, meaning THEY have all the rights to that photo, not you.


-Markus
2002 Yellow Cavalier LS Sport
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Re: My photo was used
Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:57 AM
Oh, it was the "photo" you took.....now that makes sense...lol...



Re: My photo was used
Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:58 AM
NOTa2_4 wrote:why is everyone crying about this lately if you post your car on the net someones gonna use the picture theres not copy rightso they can. also you should be happy that they picked your car that means they like the look of it. i have mine looking stock anyone want to copy it, go ahead it looks like every other z24


Copying a style of modifications to a car and using a photo without the owner's permission are two very different things. There IS a copyright. The only source it was uploaded to was Flickr, which automatically adds the copyright.

*Edit* It's still on every photo page and visible to the public. When you look at the photo page, under additional info, it shows © All Rights Reserved, it's just smaller than it use to be.



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-Markus
2002 Yellow Cavalier LS Sport
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Re: My photo was used
Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:03 PM
Zenith wrote:
s1lver_N1p wrote:where was it uploaded to? on most uploading sites, you lose your rights to the picture.


This, when you upload a picture to a hosting site, it typically says in the terms of use that when you upload you're also giving any user the rights to use, manipulate, or anything royalty free. So technically, they had your permission to do whatever they want with your photos unless you used a private hosting.

Nice picture by the way!


Nope. It was taken from a website that clearly posts a Copyright All Rights Reserved and no where else. Meaning it doesn't go anywhere past that unless I give them written permission to do so.


-Markus
2002 Yellow Cavalier LS Sport
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Re: My photo was used
Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:05 PM
z yaaaa wrote:personally i dont see what the big deal is on THIS particular picture? yes... you took it but neither car is yours so why does it matter? if anything you should be honored you're work was good enough to be stolen LOL

but yeah i get where you are coming from. some lame company stole the pictures of my carbon fiber trunk install a couple years back and actually used them for a group buy on HERE! needless to say i jumped down their throat about it.


I am the photographer, meaning it's my property. It was taken with my camera. It doesn't matter what the subject is.


-Markus
2002 Yellow Cavalier LS Sport
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Re: My photo was used
Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:07 PM
Torres wrote:Ask them if you can get something for using your picture, some kind of hook up or discount other than that there is not much you can do sorry bro

edit: I also noticed Roberts car from jacksonville is on that site too lol


I tried, they took the photo down right away instead. This is the e-mail that I got:

Hi Mark Kerckaert,

We are apologize for not asking your permission of the picture, we've took it off completely.
We are willing to offer you 10% off discount of your choosing if you can provide us with more detail pictures of your model and let us feature your model on our website.

Thank you for contacting us and wish you all the best.
Brian Mike
Turbo Metal

I posted this on another forum and then they sent this:

Thank you for your kind words.
It would be nice if you can delete the full copy of our email content on the forum.
Thank you for your time.

Brian


-Markus
2002 Yellow Cavalier LS Sport
Check it out! --> Flickr

Re: My photo was used
Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:47 PM
Thats because they are messing with you and they are going to keep the pictures so they want no proof, tell them just to delete the @!#$



Re: My photo was used
Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:54 PM
Looks like they deleted it but there's really no way to be sure. They could have just broken the link.


-Markus
2002 Yellow Cavalier LS Sport
Check it out! --> Flickr

Re: My photo was used
Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:14 PM
NOTa2_4 wrote:why is everyone crying about this lately if you post your car on the net someones gonna use the picture theres not copy rightso they can. also you should be happy that they picked your car that means they like the look of it. i have mine looking stock anyone want to copy it, go ahead it looks like every other z24






because allot of these companies are shady fly by night get the money quick type companies that some of us dont want our cars or reputation associated with.


imagine if some shady company was using your pictures of your car and then robbing people money like izntrble ended up doing, taking thousands of dollars. now imagine some guy driving thru town who just got jipped out of $700-800 and he sees your car and assumes its his car. so he decides to take a baseball bat to it. it can happen. i just prefer to not be used by someone else to sell their product.


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