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11-21-2009, 10:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: KC
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|  Someone used my pics without my permission....
Today I was flipping through the new copy of RC Car Action magazine and saw an advertiser advertising their online store and products and noticed they used my Photos. I wouldn't have known about it if I didn't see it in the ad. I went to that online store and there were even more full blown pics of my RC rig. The pics of my rig was used as a "sample" of what they were selling... I just think thats wrong. What do you guys think? |
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11-21-2009, 10:08 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Saginaw
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Do you have any scans or a link to these pics?
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11-21-2009, 10:09 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Castle Rock, WA
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Yep, pretty lame in my opinion. I would be checking into it, if I was you.
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11-21-2009, 10:12 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: KC
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I did a alt/print screen on the website....I was gonna ask Jason from rc car action as he's one of the editors.....
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11-21-2009, 10:13 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Columbia Gorge
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Posting anything on the internet is like dumping your trash out in the street. Anyone can take it. If you don't lock down your crap... someone will take it.
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11-21-2009, 10:15 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: KC
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11-21-2009, 10:15 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: FOUR 8 OH
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Name of said "company"?
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11-21-2009, 10:19 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: KC
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Here's a link to that page...read the description...also I dont even belong to that club  :http://www.outlawhobbie.com/product_...oducts_id/6600 and this is my thread with those pics, scroll down to post #7: Hilux SCX |
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11-21-2009, 10:20 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ   Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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I had an instance where someone used one of my images as their avatar on a car forum. When I looked at the logs and found it I created a gif file of gay porn and renamed it to the file name they were stealing. Hiliarity ensued.  |
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11-21-2009, 10:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2004
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I had a guy who owned a fab shop put my 1:1 lil bastard on his business card saying e built custom chassis.
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11-21-2009, 10:24 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: FOUR 8 OH
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I would just contact them and ask them to remove them. That's about all you can do really.
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11-21-2009, 10:29 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
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I emailed them with a complaint. I acted all pissed and stuff, it probably won't help but oh well.  |
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11-21-2009, 10:52 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: southaven
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kick back, it just some pics of a frign rc truck, not some naked pics of your wife  | |
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11-21-2009, 11:12 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: kansas city
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i was just clicking the the "view larger" options on the link u posted.... that very second they changed the images.... |
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11-21-2009, 11:18 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: KC
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I know u might think its just a photo, but it actually represents something physical...my rc rig. First of all I don't think that its ok to use someones photo let alone a custom built rig and use it as a "sample" of what they are selling. If we can't fight for simple rights like that whats next? I was over at scale4x4rc and someone gave me a link to a similar problem with them: http://www.rcmt.biz/bd/showthread.php?t=12817 Also the pics are now gone on the site... |
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11-21-2009, 11:22 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: KC
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Yea funny!.. but they are still in print...thousands and thousands of copies... | |
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11-21-2009, 11:43 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: pittsburg
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get a lawyer and file a cease and desist against the company. then if they dont stop you can do something about it. other than that theres not much you can do
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11-22-2009, 12:04 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: FOUR 8 OH
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I wonder if Kami's email had anything to do with it?  Funny thing is, they still have the pics in a magazine ad. |
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11-22-2009, 12:28 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Irritable Isle
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11-22-2009, 01:39 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Spanish Fork
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yeah if you take a pic it's copyrighted to you. you can fight it in court if you can prove you took it. I guess its good they took them off their site but they did it so quickly it shows they know it was wrong. I'm sure you could sue and get quite a bit of $ for them stealing your picture and it being in all the magazines... |
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