If somebody used images taken at an event that I organised to promote other events is there anything that I can do about it other than be very, very annoyed?
Did the photographer give permission for images to be used?
are they your images? if so, I would send them a letter/email asking for them to be removed or payment in lieu of.
Pee in his shoes or own him with bombers
Funnily enough there was an event being organised in the New Forest which 'borrowed' a load of Big Bike Bash photos to promote their event. They were asked to stop. They did.
Photographer owns images iirc, unless theres a contract superseding that.
Guessed as much. 😕Photographer owns images iirc, unless there's a contract superseding that.
If the photographer is ok with the usage then the best course of action is probably to flame the other event organiser on a popular MTB forum.
Did you pay the photographer?
Only based on a little experience. Aiui you (or the land owner) can ask them to stop taking pics if it is private property but can't do anything about pics they have already taken. Once that have the pics there will be certain restrictions depending on the content (eg model release for images with people, possibly images with branding in).
It is the local authority. They effectively killed off HTN when the organisation appointed by them to manage the trail centre kicked us out, then used images of it on the front cover of their What's On guide.
Cheeky bastards.
If I were you, I'd complain loudly about it on the Internet somewhere.
My thoughts exactly. 😀
Who's managing the Trail Centre now?
I'm not going to name them because I wouldn't give them the steam off my piss let alone a mention on here.
Any point in several hundred extremely polite e-mails to the council pointing out their no doubt entirely innocent error?
Why not do a reverse Specialized?
I'll wait until everything has been finalised then post something.
Great things are afoot... but not in Bury, despite what the cover of their publication may suggest.
Why not do a reverse Specialized?
A dezilaiceps?
Any point in several hundred extremely polite e-mails to the council pointing out their no doubt entirely innocent error?
We need to hit it hard and hit it fast with a major, and I mean [i]major[/i], leaflet campaign.
That'll teach the bastards.
A polite, correctly punctuated leaflet, obviously.
I might chain myself to the Lady Mayoress as a protest anyway.
I hope she likes kebabs.
Great things are afoot... but not in Bury
That much has always been certain
Contact local papers, get a journo to do a feature about it; there's always someone looking for ammunition to show the current local gov'mint on an unflattering light. And you can supply pictures... 😀
Cheeky bastards!
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Is that Louis in the background?
And why has the bloke in front got his underpants on over his tights?
It is Louis 😀
Quite fitting really as, as far as I know, he has done the most HTNs.
That us a really shit front page of a magazine.
Not seen him since the pub ride in the summer - will have to drop him a line and organise a pootle.
Quite fitting really as, as far as I know, he has done the most HTNs.
Must be loads of people who've done them all - Derek, Binners, Junky, nbt, Pook, DONK etc?
I'm waiting for the email where they ask me to round up a load of free labour to do some work for them.
Yeah but Bury is a craphole so who cares