look familiar? rant

[calimus@techography.net (Calimus)]

Preach it Brother Brian!!!

    I'll have to add that I fully agree.  And brian, I actually would like to
see a pic of your model A.  As for the ratty 16v, I already have one of those
myself, heh.

William

Brian Haygood wrote:

> I don't get it guys.  Our pictures aren't copyrighted, and nobody is trying
> to make a profit off of them while excluding us.  We have no profits or
> interests to protect except that of generating interest in our cars, right?
> Why the heck do people get so pissed when someone takes pictures from our
> site?  They are just enthusiasts like us.  Hell, the pictures from Duan's
> house of all the cars lined up in a VW emblem should be a cultural icon, not
> something we try to take credit for and horde for ourselves.
>
> Then some of us turn around and get pissed at VW for protecting their
> trademark?  If you can talk about how anyone should be able to use the
> trademark on their site, how can you then get pissed about an unprotected
> photograph some dude wants to put on his dinky web page?    [note, not all
> of us said the VW trademark protection was out of line; many listers
> understood VW's position in protecting their trademark].
>
> Consider this... What if the green monster were the last remaining Reiger on
> the planet?  Should Al charge people to take pictures of it?  Should he
> insist that his name be put in the corner of each shot? , or should he ban
> people from taking their own pictures of it?      No!   Sure he is welcome
> to do as he pleases, but why wouldn't he want everyone in the world to have
> a picture of his great beast on their bedroom wall?  To want any type of
> credit for it is to be too damn "corporate-america", and is downright
> unamerican.
>
> Support the hobby, guys and gals.  Don't put up pictures of your stuff so
> you can get credit for it.  Don't support Scirocco.org because Scirocco.org
> is the best VW site.  Support all the VW sites because they all give props
> to the cars we love (well, except the ricey ones).  Death to Hondas! and all
> that.
>
> BH
>
> PS:  If anybody wants a picture of my ratty looking 16v, they are welcome to
> it.  (that goes for my award winning Model A Ford restoration, too).
>
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