Originally Posted by OniFactor
see, this is the point i was trying to make. if ford had continued to say that they, the customers, weren't allowed to celebrate and praise the ford vehicles they bought and love, these people would learn that the company producing their vehicles may not be worth the praise
That may be, however there is a right way and a wrong way to go about things.
The fact that Ford took a reasonable approach, once the situation was identified, discussed and some agreement reached, does not and should not set the model of how to do things.
I'm sure that all Ford wanted to do was to insure that the use of thier name was consistent with thier policies. The way to get this approval however, should not be to just go ahead and do something, then complain when it is stopped legally, so the owner of the copywrited or trade marked material can insure their rights have not been violated.
Just wait until someone steals one of your photos!