Who do these goons AKA Rally America think they are

Christian, I never suggested that someone could take a picture of you and use it to sell mobile phones in a magazine ad without your consent.

All I said was that someone is free to photograph or video you on public property and make money by selling the photos and videos to whomever they like OR giving them away freely all over the internet.

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One. Class -- 2WD

www.quantumrallysport.com

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Quantum-Rally-Sport/281129179600?ref=nf

Perhaps for the in car footage, put the following caption on your dash :

"Fuck You Rally America"

Then circulate that !

Morten2 Wrote:
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> Perhaps for the in car footage, put the following
> caption on your dash :
>
> "Fuck You Rally America"
>
> Then circulate that !

Morten, I believe that should more properly read:

FUCK YOU RALLY AMERICAâ„¢


That is all...

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

"Rally DASH America" Please respect their branding.

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

Anders Green Wrote:
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> "Rally DASH America" Please respect their
> branding.

Daaaaaayuum! And I wuz trying so hard to be so correct!
>
>
> Raleigh, NC
> Impreza H6 3.0

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

I don't think this decision in any way represents an end or even a threat to US rally it may however be the final straw for non-pro-wannabee ralliest being associated with and defending Rally America. This could increase the number of NASA events, NASA licensed competitors, and entries at NASA event. That should really cheese a few people off.

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Matt Smith

Racing in glorious black and red

My daily life is a Saab story (sold!)

So.... more censoring over on Special Stage? Thumbsdown. or am I missing the thread

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-Jason

Perhaps I'm missing the point here ?

Rallying doesn't have the big purses like Nascar, F1, etc... because of a lack of grand stands, closed course, big advertising, etc... because it takes place mostly in the forests, government land "borrowed" for a weekend, etc...

Since there's no spectator entry fees, how do they hope to be able to possibly commence litagation against someone with an SLR who walks through the woods with a tripod and takes pictures of rally cars blasting through dirt roads ?

This amateur then gives the pics to the competitors.

I mean... what the fuck ?

Am I mis-understanding something ?

vbares Wrote:
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> I also don't think all the excitement is just
> about the media lock-down - its a progression of
> mandatory 'rules' that do not fit in peoples
> vision of what the sport means to them. As far as
> I can tell, there is no road map from RA as to
> what they want to achieve, let alone a practical
> vision statement that clearly describes what that
> map leads to. Because of this, we look at changes
> and make assumptions regarding what we 'think' the
> new road map leads to...

That's interesting.. do you think RA is trying to get up to "world" rally standards? If so that's pretty funny. Do I need to elaborate?

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Andrew M
Onterrible
30ish

>
> The basic rules are more like, "You can shoot
> anything you like and get it published editorially
> so long as it is newsworthy."
>
> If you shoot a photo of someone and they are
> readily identifiable in the picture, any
> publishing or licensing of the work for commercial
> gain must be accompanied by a model release from
> the subject, or they would have a potential claim
> for damages.
>
> In other words, picture in RallyWorld
> Magazine...likely ok. Picture in an advertisement
> for phone cards. Probably not. (Though rally
> drivers suing rally photographers seems pretty
> far-fetched, I admit.)
>
> - Christian
>

Christian, what you refer to is "Right of Publicity"

Regards,
Mark B.

hudson Wrote:
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> That's interesting.. do you think RA is trying to
> get up to "world" rally standards? If so that's
> pretty funny. Do I need to elaborate?



Please do!!

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JohnLane

Overkill is consistently more fun

Anders is able to charge spectator fees for Sand Blast. I am green with envy.

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RichardM