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Own A Ford? Ford Doesn't Think So.
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| 12 Jan 2008
| Spktyr
Posted on 01/12/2008 6:01:31 PM PST by Spktyr
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Please, no discussion of the AFA boycott or Ford's support for homosexuals. We already have a billion threads for that; this is actually far more serious. Ford apparently does not believe that once you have bought and paid for your car you have complete control over it. They believe that they can tell you what you can do with pictures of *your* car, or more properly, *their* car.
How's that for a "Bold Move"?
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:01:32 PM PST
by
Spktyr
To: Admin Moderator
I think this belongs in news, but I may be wrong. Please move and/or edit accordingly.
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:02:16 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
Threatening to sue one’s most zealous customers over images of their cars is a pretty stupid way of doing business...
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:06:00 PM PST
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
(“We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!” --Duncan Hunter)
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: Spktyr
A lot of corporations are going into the "we own the rights to all the images" schtick. Lots of modelmakers have been shafted when big corps have gone after them for daring to make a scale model of the big corporation's product.
Stupid, stupid, stupid people.
The legal departments (or at LEAST the marketing departments) ought to realize that this kind of thing is the BEST KIND of FREE publicity they can possibly get.
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:06:40 PM PST
by
Wonder Warthog
(The Hog of Steel-NRA)
To: Spktyr
I used to be a Ford man, having owned a 1986 Mustang GT, a 1991 Lincoln Mark VII and several others. No more!
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:07:29 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
To: Spktyr
Smart move, crack down on a bunch of Ford enthusiasts. Remind me not to hire the Ford PR guy.
To: Spktyr
Chrysler did the same thing with the Wrangler, intentionally designing it to be more difficult to modify or customize. Do they even understand why people buy the cars?
To: Spktyr
What if your Ford gets photographed by a red light camera....will Ford Motors sue the cops?
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:08:47 PM PST
by
capt. norm
(Those who think logically provide a nice contrast to the real world.)
To: Spktyr
Batavia thinks you’re maybe just a bit paranoid this evening....warm milk helps.
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:08:58 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: Spktyr
Trademarks like the Ford Pony emblem (stolen from Ferrari) have legal protection from copying.
Photographing products *without* their trademarks is out of Ford’s realm (so just pop off the emblems and click away with your cameras, clearly Ford doesn’t want you advertising their crappy cars in any manner in public).
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:10:19 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: ErnBatavia
No, I don’t think so. When Ford tells the people “we only let our sanctioned clubs make photos and publish them, and you’re not sanctioned and never will be” (read the second link above), there’s a HUGE problem.
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:10:41 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
I used to like Ford. The last car I bought was not a Ford because of the item we aren’t supposed to mention. This just seals the deal for me.
To: Southack
Ford Legal had a picture of a CHRYSLER pulled off, specifically.
They’re even claiming copyrights that aren’t theirs. And they also claimed copyright on cars that didn’t have any visible Ford logos.
Their logic is that “it is instantly recognizable as a Ford, so we have control over the image”.
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:12:11 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
Real simple solution. Just contact all the car journals and magazines and get them on your side. Have the editors send notification they will no longer accept articles dealing with Ford due to threats of litigation.
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:13:05 PM PST
by
Shooter 2.5
(NRA - Hunter '08)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Ford hasn’t gotten in the boat they are in without making a lot of dumb decisions.
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:13:11 PM PST
by
festus
(Fred Thompson '08)
To: driftdiver
Thank you for not going there, I didn’t want the discussion sidetracked.
Yeah, this is rather more disturbing, IMHO. Now they’re actively going after people.
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:13:14 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
Microsoft thinks it owns your computer if you have a microsoft product on your hard drive. They have been pretty direct about that with XP and especially Vista. They reserve the right to do anything that strikes their fancy to the contents of your hard drive.
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:14:45 PM PST
by
arthurus
(Better to fight them OVER THERE than to have to fight them OVER HERE!)
To: Shooter 2.5
I’ll pass that along to those who are under the gun but I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Ford’s *Marketing* division spends an awful lot of money.
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:15:07 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Its working for the MPAA % RIAA /sarcasm
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posted on
01/12/2008 6:15:35 PM PST
by
packrat35
(Politicians would be less worthless if they were edible, or useable for packing wheel bearings.)
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