Friends, Although that is a great looking car, it seems most opinions put the car's photograph as something other than what we actually have in S scale by any of our manufacturers. If Pieter is correct and the photo was 'borrowed' from an ebay site, an illegal act was committed.
It's one thing to borrow a photo from the internet or some previous publication, if permission is given, to build a particular model or when looking for ideas. However, it's totally another thing to take that photo (if that is what has actually happened) and use if for commercial purposes without permission of the owner. And indeed that permission has to be in writing. This could be an unfortunate incident that leaves the NASG open for Federal copyright law violations. I do hope someone will look into this situation pronto! I've always discouraged when some ebay seller has taken one of my SHS, DesPlains or AM website photos and put them up when they're selling something. It shows that they are a thief and probably morally can't be trusted--why, because it highly unlikely that the product I photographed is actually the product they're selling plus it's my photograph! When I ebay a product, a take a few minutes to take my own photos again, because the photo is the actual product. Over the years I've had many companies ask me if they can 'borrow' my photographs. My answer is always, give me your address so I can send a bill! On the other end of the spectrum is Tom Henderson of SideTracks, who I think one could classify as a 'one man shop'. Tom and I worked out a deal where I supplied many of my photos for his use and I got stuff in return--what a wonderful world! I think Roy Inman and especially Vic Roseman, plus myself wouldn't have to classify ourselves as starving artists anymore if people in our little world had a bit more respect! Bob Werre On 8/19/11 9:31 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > I am not an expert on freight cars though I have been studying them a > little more lately. But I think the AM boxcar is probably the best > choice for > this car decoration. > > I once tried to get Don Thompson to offer the SHS rebuilt boxcars in the > yellow striped scheme. Don had already studied the issue. He declined to > do the NC&StL car because NC&StL never had any 40 foot rebuilt boxcars in > this scheme. They did have 36 foot rebuilt boxcars. Later NC&StL > received a > large order of new 40 foot boxcars with the yellow stripe. I think the > AM 40 foot boxcar is as close to perfect a choice as is possible. > > Rob Sebastian could speak to this issue but I have been told that the 40 > foot boxcars from the former PRS line are not available right now for > such a > project. > > - Earl Henry, > Nashville, TN, Headquarters City of the > Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway > > . > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
