I want to give everyone a heads up... I've learned that photos and content from PixarCarsDiecast.com, carsthetoys.com, TakeFiveADay.com, JMDLToys.com and other sites have been taken and posted by someone on their own Cars blog... I've seen photos that I've posted on that blog as well, including some that were sent to my cell phone via text messages... this person has not been asking for permission and has not been giving credit to the sites he's taken photos and content from... that's not cool at all.
I've been in contact with administrators and moderators at other sites impacted by this person... steps will be taken to address what this individual has been doing... we have the ability to restrict a user's access so they cannot post on PCD and users can be banned at PCD and at other sites as well.
At PCD, we don't post photos without permission of the person who took the photos or posted them... we don't find something at another site and pass it off as our own... If I want to post a photo from someone else, I contact that person and ask for permission... some of you send me PMs or e-mails with photos and give me permission to post them on the site - I appreciate that, and so do the rest of us... it's the right thing to do.
If someone wants to use photos that I've taken and posted on PCD and use them on another site, they need to ask me and get my permission... if they want to use photos that you've taken and posted on PCD or another site, they need to contact you and get your permission... it's that simple. Just because something is posted on the Internet doesn't mean that it can be used by everyone everywhere they want to use it... if you want to post content and photos that appeared at PCD (or another site) on another site, you need to get permission from the person and give credit - link back to where the content and photos appeared.
If you have a question about whether you should post something, please send me or one of the other moderators or administrators a PM asking... and if you find something on another site from PixarCarsDiecast.com without credit being given, please let us know as well... MrBrownstone, GotFrank, djjd21, cvc1968, Peter McQueen, pirelliboy, and I use the same names on other sites so if you see a post by cac1959 on carsthetoys.com, TakeFiveADay.com, www.worldofcars-forum.fr/, or the PCD Facebook page, those are fine... I don't post on other sites and you shouldn't see my photos and content on those other sites without permission being stated and a link back to the original site.
I may have to start using watermarks on photos again... it's more work, but it needs to be done... and since I might post the same photo on multiple sites, I may have to store the same photo multiple times on my Photobucket account or come up with a watermark that I can use on multiple sites.
I wish I wouldn't have had to post this, but I wanted to get the word out... as far as we know, it's one person who's taking things from others and using them without permission and without giving credit... we've got outstanding members on PCD - we're not going to let one or two bad apples mess things up for everyone else... we do things the right way, and we're going to continue to do so.
Let's have fun with Cars but do it the right way.
Many thanks,
Chris
cac1959
I've been in contact with administrators and moderators at other sites impacted by this person... steps will be taken to address what this individual has been doing... we have the ability to restrict a user's access so they cannot post on PCD and users can be banned at PCD and at other sites as well.
At PCD, we don't post photos without permission of the person who took the photos or posted them... we don't find something at another site and pass it off as our own... If I want to post a photo from someone else, I contact that person and ask for permission... some of you send me PMs or e-mails with photos and give me permission to post them on the site - I appreciate that, and so do the rest of us... it's the right thing to do.
If someone wants to use photos that I've taken and posted on PCD and use them on another site, they need to ask me and get my permission... if they want to use photos that you've taken and posted on PCD or another site, they need to contact you and get your permission... it's that simple. Just because something is posted on the Internet doesn't mean that it can be used by everyone everywhere they want to use it... if you want to post content and photos that appeared at PCD (or another site) on another site, you need to get permission from the person and give credit - link back to where the content and photos appeared.
If you have a question about whether you should post something, please send me or one of the other moderators or administrators a PM asking... and if you find something on another site from PixarCarsDiecast.com without credit being given, please let us know as well... MrBrownstone, GotFrank, djjd21, cvc1968, Peter McQueen, pirelliboy, and I use the same names on other sites so if you see a post by cac1959 on carsthetoys.com, TakeFiveADay.com, www.worldofcars-forum.fr/, or the PCD Facebook page, those are fine... I don't post on other sites and you shouldn't see my photos and content on those other sites without permission being stated and a link back to the original site.
I may have to start using watermarks on photos again... it's more work, but it needs to be done... and since I might post the same photo on multiple sites, I may have to store the same photo multiple times on my Photobucket account or come up with a watermark that I can use on multiple sites.
I wish I wouldn't have had to post this, but I wanted to get the word out... as far as we know, it's one person who's taking things from others and using them without permission and without giving credit... we've got outstanding members on PCD - we're not going to let one or two bad apples mess things up for everyone else... we do things the right way, and we're going to continue to do so.
Let's have fun with Cars but do it the right way.
Many thanks,
Chris
cac1959
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