Question

**SVTgirl** · 01-05-2003, 10:29 AM

Can people use pictures of my car to advertise without my permission???

and what if someone creates a website, using pics off my website of my car, claiming it's theirs???

Are the pics not copyrighted?

Both of the above are happening to me.

**SVTgirl** · 01-05-2003, 10:39 AM

and isn't Discount Tire Direct a sponsor of SVTOA???? I better be getting some free tires out of this.

**SVTgirl** · 01-05-2003, 10:40 AM

here's the link banner

**Greg@SVTOA** · 01-05-2003, 10:45 AM

When you post pictures of your car on the web, they pretty much become part of the public domain, unless you go to the trouble and expense of obtaining copyrights. Even so, many folks will use them anyways, and then it's up to you or your lawyer(s) to go after them.

What many people do is embed text in the photos or watermarks to identify them. Placing a text line under your car can help, but it is so easy to modify photos with programs like photoshop that it's almost useless to try and stop them.

There are a few things you can do- for example, my webserver has the ability to disable remote linking of images- this means if someone references your images on another website, the image will not display- in place will be a GIF image that says "Remote Linking of images not permitted"
I also can tell if our images are being used on other sites via the control panel, as can Ford. If the image is copied and then uploaded to a different server, this will remove my ability to trace.
However, if the image filename has not been changed, you can often easily locate your images with a search engine.
Type the filename in the search box- for example, if you have an image called "vanessasvt.jpg" go to google.com and type in vanessasvt.jpg in the search box. You might be suprised, as some folks don't even bother to change the filename!!
The problem there is you might get back 10,000 results.

If you can post on a site where your images are being used, speak up! You can post something like "I'm flattered that you think enough of my car to use the images of my baby, but it would have been nice of you to ask!"

**SVTgirl** · 01-05-2003, 10:50 AM

well I don't really mind them using it, but it would have been nice if they told me.

As for the putz with the website, claiming my car BELONGS TO HIM, well that's another story, and he took it down after I ripped into him.

**Greg@SVTOA** · 01-05-2003, 10:51 AM

Contact Todd Holzwarth of Discount Tire at 888-459-4080 Extension # 414 and let him know how you feel Van. I think you may have no claim whatsoever, but it might be worth a try. All that may come of it, is they will say "Ok, remove her car and post a different car" Tell them they can use mine if they want!!! I'm a poster boy for burning off rubber!!

Look at it this way- you can be flattered that they think enough of your paint job to use your car in their advertising...

**Greg@SVTOA** · 01-05-2003, 10:54 AM

Added: Make lemonade out of lemons! You can now claim that your car has been used in National Advertising!

**SVTgirl** · 01-05-2003, 10:54 AM

no like I said.... I don't really care.... I was just surprised. I didn't know you could just do that.

I even buy tires from them, so they could have asked me. I would have said yes anyways.

Besides I have much better pics than that one LOL!!!

**SVTgirl** · 01-05-2003, 10:56 AM

hey... it's the same pic I have in my avatar!! LOL!! The one must sure be getting around the net!!

here's the original!!

**Greg@SVTOA** · 01-05-2003, 11:00 AM

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search

**SVTgirl** · 01-05-2003, 11:07 AM

OMG.... I'm not going through all that!! hehehe!!

Just send an e-mail to Discount Tire telling them I'm flattered anyways

Vanessa

**rachrse** · 01-05-2003, 03:39 PM

Vanessa I saw the post on some web site of your car and the guy claming it was his. I think it was car domain or something like that, but not to worry I sent a reply and asked him when you had sold him the car. I knew right away who's car it was, only one like it that I know about. My son has a chevy cavalier and has won alot of 1st 2nd place wins at car shows and we see pic of his car alot. Rachrse

**SVTgirl** · 01-05-2003, 04:38 PM

Originally posted by rachrse
Vanessa I saw the post on some web site of your car and the guy claming it was his. I think it was car domain or something like that, but not to worry I sent a reply and asked him when you had sold him the car. I knew right away who's car it was, only one like it that I know about. My son has a chevy cavalier and has won alot of 1st 2nd place wins at car shows and we see pic of his car alot. Rachrse

You're right it was at at Car Domain the link was here
http://members.sounddomain.com/cameronlf

but like I said, he's since removed it..... LOL what some people will do to impress others!!

**BlownVenom** · 01-05-2003, 07:23 PM

Originally posted by SVTgirl
You're right it was at at Car Domain the link was here
http://members.sounddomain.com/cameronlf

but like I said, he's since removed it..... LOL what some people will do to impress others!!

hmm... like my new avatar? its my car!