My Cobra on merchandise?????

[Ron61]

Randy,

I don't know the law about that, but I think they are in the wrong. When I had my Cobra they had a stand at one car show I was in that would take a picture of your car and put it on T-Shirts or jackets, but you had to prove that the car was really yours and they wouldn't use any picture that you had taken. I was told that was to make sure that the car I was having them put on a T-Shirt is really mine and to protect them from any legal problems. Also when I went to the Convention Center I went in and asked them if I could use the building as a background to take a few pictures of my car. After verifying that they were just for my personal; use, they told me to take all I wanted.

Ron

[Juggernaut]

Ron,

I kind of think they should have asked permission to do it, although I'm looking at it as a compliment.

Thanks for the input.

[elmariachi]

Originally Posted by Juggernaut

Ron,I kind of think they should have asked permission to do it, although I'm looking at it as a compliment.Thanks for the input.

Agreed, but my idea of a compliment is for someone to send me a royalty check. My guess is if you call them up, they won't pay, they'll just stop using yours and move on to using someone else's, hoping they never get sued. I'd call them up and see if they'd send you some copies of the merchandise and maybe they are open to a royalty discussion. But your car is your property and others can't commercialize on it without sharing the $$love.