2 Sweet Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Hopefully this isn't a repost... http://www.bmcforums.com/showthread.php?t=42402 You gotta be kidding me :bs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81mercury Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 very shity deal, i seen this on srd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimmel1647545512 Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Well what the hell is that all about what kinda shit is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Yeah it's pretty fucking stupid. "I'm sorry, but at this point we will not be producing the 2008 BMC Calendar, featuring our 2007 Members of the Month, solely due to Ford Motor Company's claim that THEY own all rights to the photos YOU take of YOUR car." What is this world coming to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1647545492 Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 A interesting stance for Ford to take...lets alienate our core demographic on a public forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 This is fucked up on so many levels. Something tells me that this is going to get bigger, and eventually Ford will give in like Apple did with third party iPhone applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 It's Ford, what'd you expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 I got some more info from the folks at cafepress and according to them, a law firm representing Ford contacted them saying that our calendar pics (and our club's event logos - anything with one of our cars in it) infringes on Ford's trademarks which include the use of images of THEIR vehicles. Also, Ford claims that all the images, logos and designs OUR graphics team made for the BMC events using Danni are theirs as well. Funny, I thought Danni's title had my name on it ... and I thought you guys owned your cars ... and, well ... I'm not even going to get into how wrong and unfair I feel this whole thing is as I'd be typing for hours, but I wholeheartedly echo everything you guys have been saying all afternoon. I'm not letting this go un-addressed and I'll keep you guys posted as I get to work on this. I'm sorry, but at this point we will not be producing the 2008 BMC Calendar, featuring our 2007 Members of the Month, solely due to Ford Motor Company's claim that THEY own all rights to the photos YOU take of YOUR car. I hope to resolve this soon, and be able to provide the calendar and other BMC merchandise that you guys want and deserve! This thread will remain open for you to comment however you wish, and I'll update it as needed. If Ford's "intellectual property" definition could apply to this calender, then every photo of any Mustang in the various publications like MM & FF, 5.0 (and others) is a violation as well. These photos are of club members cards and the calender is being sold to those same members. Doesn't make sense to me. Looks like Ford thinks there cars are the gift that keeps on giving if you have ask their permission to photograph it and publish it for your own consumption after you paid them thousands to buy it. As a side note...as I am typing this Ford Stock is at its all time Historical Low... $5.76 per share...maybe they should support people that love their products instead of tearing them down! This kind of stuff certainly doent make people have a warm fuzzy for Ford and want to buy more cars from them...just my 2 cents! I think CR needs to all pitch in some money into creating an investment company, I think we could pull off a hostile takeover of Ford at this point, considering their stock is nearly worthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berto Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Its a dumb business move! I bet over half of the Mustang sales depend simply on the history of the mustang and the appeal and tradition of the muscle car. Peoples obsession with mustangs are one of the few things Ford can count on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Silly Ford. Destroy them sales more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Wow, that sucks... But this kind of smacks as a loose cannon in Ford's legal department. I think this will get worked out and someone at Ford will get a slap on the wrist. In the interim, maybe I should go through my flickr account and remove all the Ford pictures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TA In Progress Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Nothing like pissing off a bunch of people who worship your product. This is like exchanging positive publicity for some negative......sounds about as smart as buying some Ford stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Wow. That's about the most retarded thing I've ever heard of. If not resolved VERY quickly, that may have just made my decision as to what my next car will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmuckingham Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Ugh that means half of my external hard-drive belongs to Ford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProwlerZ Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 lol, so that's the type of thinking being done over there these days, huh? Explains the super snake now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN1647545504 Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 That is the dumbest thing that Ford could do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 That's the silliest thing I've heard today and I talk to myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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