Brass neck, Freelander image theft

Northern Irelander · Feb 20, 2015

I was browsing through evil bay and noticed someone has a soft top for sale with a picture of my beloved FL1 in the listing...........

Soft Top For Freelander | eBay

Obviously downloaded from LZ, is there no protection on anything anymore?!

wattfield · Feb 20, 2015

I'm amazed that people sell stuff on ebay using someone else's photos, or no photos at all. I'm even more amazed that people buy them.

Littelwill · Feb 20, 2015

Keep an eye on it when it sells...Maybe they are pinching to order???

blue beasty · Feb 20, 2015

It does state in the listing that the one being sold is not the one in the photo

britishwardog · Feb 20, 2015

im sure I read that if you post a photo on the web without adding some kind of image rights logo over the photo then you give up any ownership of that photo, could be wrong though.

NeedleNose · Feb 20, 2015

Noticed that listing (came up on an alert), thing is if they can't be bothered to take a photo how does a buyer know the condition? Wouldn't buy it based on that alone.

freelandie71 · Feb 20, 2015

There is a guys sell facelift nudge bars with a piccie of mine

This is it.

Northern Irelander · Feb 20, 2015

wattfield said:
I'm amazed that people sell stuff on ebay using someone else's photos, or no photos at all. I'm even more amazed that people buy them.

I have stopped selling on evil bay, their policies suck.

If someone does buy, they'll be entitled to a refund under the 'item not as described' rule

Those windows in my pic were immaculate, have yet to see another sift top in such good order.

Northern Irelander · Feb 20, 2015

Littelwill said:
Keep an eye on it when it sells...Maybe they are pinching to order???

lol the hard top is on this weather,

strangely enough I've been after a dark blue RR

Northern Irelander · Feb 20, 2015

blue beasty said:
It does state in the listing that the one being sold is not the one in the photo

True, but does the pic not actually belong to Landy Zone, been a long time since I read the Terms and Conditions of LZ

Northern Irelander · Feb 20, 2015

britishwardog said:
im sure I read that if you post a photo on the web without adding some kind of image rights logo over the photo then you give up any ownership of that photo, could be wrong though.

I'm not sure of what rights I have , I have kindly asked the seller to remove

Northern Irelander · Feb 20, 2015

NeedleNose said:
Noticed that listing (came up on an alert), thing is if they can't be bothered to take a photo how does a buyer know the condition? Wouldn't buy it based on that alone.

It does seem a bit of a half hearted effort?

Northern Irelander · Feb 20, 2015

freelandie71 said:
There is a guys sell facelift nudge bars with a piccie of mine

This is it.

But it is such a good looking facelift

11redrex · Feb 20, 2015

If it bothers you, report them to ebay.

Diesel Do · Feb 20, 2015

It's happened to me a few times

The Mad Hat Man · Feb 20, 2015

cant see the problem - cant identify your vehicle and states "pic from internet - not the one for sale". anything posted on the interweb is, correctly or not, fair game if not copyrighted.

Diesel Do · Feb 20, 2015

Mines fully sign written.

Northern Irelander · Feb 21, 2015

Well, I msg'd the seller and politely asked them to remove,

they were happy to oblige

The next pic I upload will have

NORTHERN IRELANDER

written all over it

gareth123 · Feb 21, 2015

Northern Irelander said:
Well, I msg'd the seller and politely asked them to remove,

they were happy to oblige

The next pic I upload will have

NORTHERN IRELANDER

written all over it

Glad this is resolved. In fact any picture has an owner and it is not legally a free for all on the internet. However, galleries like Google Picasa say in their small print that any gallery pictures posted can be used by them for publicity pruposes (it is the terms and conditions box that everyone ticks but doesn't read!). I am a semi pro photographer and moved from Picasa for this reason out of fear of picture theft.

Northern Irelander · Feb 21, 2015

gareth123 said:
Glad this is resolved. In fact any picture has an owner and it is not legally a free for all on the internet. However, galleries like Google Picasa say in their small print that any gallery pictures posted can be used by them for publicity pruposes (it is the terms and conditions box that everyone ticks but doesn't read!). I am a semi pro photographer and moved from Picasa for this reason out of fear of picture theft.

Thanks for the info,

the only place I have uploaded pics of my FL1 is to Landy Zone.

I don't use photo bucket, cloud software or other 'communal galleries', even stay well away from Facebook (due to the whole content right of ownership and the targetted marketing algorithms!)

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