<![CDATA[Consumerist: Cafepress]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/consumerist.com.png <![CDATA[Consumerist: Cafepress]]> http://consumerist.com/tag/cafepress http://consumerist.com/tag/cafepress <![CDATA[ Ford: Photos Of Your Car Are Copyright Infringement ]]> Well, this seems misguided. A group of people who are members of the "Black Mustang Club" wanted to take some pictures of their cars and make a calendar using CafePress. Turns out, CafePress refuses to publish pictures of Ford cars due to claims of copyright infringement:


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.
Yikes. Perhaps Ford makes more money on Mustang calendars that we'd previously suspected.

Ford: Car owners are pirates if they distribute pictures of their own cars [BoingBoing] (Thanks, Paul D!)
(Photo:morsteen)

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Consumerist-344556 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:43:00 EST Meg Marco http://consumerist.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=344556&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ BUY: Pre-Pixelated Threads ]]> shirtandcap.jpgBuy some sweet pre-pixelated shirts and caps. Standard Cafepress rates apply ($19.99-$29.99).

Handy if you're on a reality show, live in a reality show dense area, or feel like making a fashion statement riffing off reality show ubiquity.

We're all the stars of our own reality show.

Whoa. Deep. Who cares. It's a cool shirt idea that stands out in the tweenage wasteland of surplus screenprint lookalikes and decontextulaized ironica. (Thanks to Sean!)

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Consumerist-162453 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:58:50 EST popkin http://consumerist.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=162453&view=rss&microfeed=true