So i'm on ebay &.......................

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:33 am

I always browse ebay & see what IS300 parts are up for sale, & well i see this thumbnail for an auction on a grill. I notice on of the pics looks like the wife's IS so i click it & sure nuff it is..........................Should i be mad about this???

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:40 am

That happened to some guy with a SRT that had stripes on his car and a company selling vinyl stripes used a pic of his car and he found out, though he took it as a compliment. Do with it what you will.

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:52 am

doesn't really bother me, just curious what others think.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:58 am

I would take it as a compliment, but it would be of them to give you a free product, since they did use your car.

bad04srt · Post by **bad04srt** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:13 am

if you can benefit out of making a big deal of it then, ya i would

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:34 am

He won't benefit.. if he complains they will just take the picture down. The pictures are not copyrighted so he can't really take "legal" action for lack of a better word..

I'd just take it as a compliment.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:50 am

LowNSlow wrote:The pictures are not copyrighted so he can't really take "legal" action for lack of a better word...

Yeah, it's too bad that you won't be compensated for their unauthorized use of the pic.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:43 am

if you had some type of mark on the picture saying its yours on the pictures and he used them then you could take legal action (i do believe).

But I would take it as a compliment since he is using your wife's car to sell his product online.

bad04srt · Post by **bad04srt** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:47 am

LowNSlow wrote:He won't benefit.. if he complains they will just take the picture down. The pictures are not copyrighted so he can't really take "legal" action for lack of a better word..

I'd just take it as a compliment.

good point.....i didnt consider that at 1am

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:10 pm

hell i would be stoked if someone used my car for an ad...that is basically telling me that my car is cool enuf to be there..i would take that as a compliment def...I would brag about this..."Yo my car is on soandso.com....check it out ahahahah..."

flamingpinhead · Post by **flamingpinhead** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:31 pm

compliment

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:24 pm

yeah, unless someone was doing like an ANTIRICE.com thread, then I wouldn't really care

Arro · Post by **Arro** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:48 pm

Ebay auction thumbnail:

I saw that last year, and said, "That looks familiar..." They used my truck, the leftmost one in the picture:

And at any gtiven day you can do a search for "Tacoma tail lights" and see my truck on listings:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/95-96-97 ... dZViewItem

And my truck's cardomain:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2320209

page 2, visual mods. My TRD decal isn't in the OEM location, so I know for certain (plus I took the picture in front of the office). And yes, as Haganracing said, I was flattered.

kevo · Post by **kevo** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:38 pm

LowNSlow wrote:He won't benefit.. if he complains they will just take the picture down. The pictures are not copyrighted so he can't really take "legal" action for lack of a better word..

I'd just take it as a compliment.

you are wrong. Any creative work derived from a person is basically copyrighted. You dont have to officially watermark or copyright any of your work for it to belong to you.

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:59 pm

When I had my Cougar I had alot of problems with this. Some company used it for their ad in Import Tuner and Superstreet. Another company used it on ebay for the front bumper. One person tryed to claim they owned it and try and sell the whole car on ebay and a few fakes on cardomains. After thinking about it I was happy. I mean shit my car was in Import tuner LOL