Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - My bike is on the front page of the Brooks site!

www.brookssaddles.com
Check me out!

so clean. congrats

That's pretty sick, I'm happy for you.

Wow.....very nice! :beer:

this?
http://i32.tinypic.com/2hydsuf.jpg

Great bike. How did that happen?

They should send you some grips for using the pic. Oh yeah...and some mudflaps. Just saying.

be a true american. sue them.

Thats awesome

this?
http://i32.tinypic.com/2hydsuf.jpg

Yes, that be the one. As to how it happened, I have no idea. It's up on Velospace, so I suppose they have a marketing intern trolling the sites in his/her spare time and found it. Very flattering! I hope they sponsor me to the tune of a pair of B66 or B73s and a set of Brick Lane roll-up panniers. *Hope hope*

SO they stole your pic and they are using it for commercial promotional purposes without your consent?

SO they stole your pic and they are using it for commercial promotional purposes without your consent?

lol

brooks are so classy

sue/free ****

SO they stole your pic and they are using it for commercial promotional purposes without your consent?

velospace probably gains the rights to it when you upload the picture to their server.

Dang, you are famous now, sort of. You should use this as a pick up line.

Yeah, this seems pretty strange. I wouldn't be a dick about it, but you should send them an email saying, "Hey, I'm glad you think my bicycle is nice enough to represent your product, but you could have let me know you were going to use it! Also, free-stuff please."

Velospace actually doesn't appear to have a copyright policy published on their site. Interesting.

Dang, you are famous now, sort of. You should use this as a pick up line.

"hey sandy, do you like...leather?"

Velospace actually doesn't appear to have a copyright policy published on their site. Interesting.

then the only logical thing left to do is get free stuff from Brooks.

i really like your bike man.

get free ****!!!

Everyone keeps saying "get free stuff" but with a bike like that I could retire to my fortress of solitude and awesomeness and do nothing but ride that bike around all day long admiring how awesome it is.

Seriously, can I have it?

freakin
litigious (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/litigious)

bastids

Dude, they used your **** without permission. You should be suing them.

Sometime I hate this country we live in, where we feel entitled to fame and money at every turn.



*vomits*

I hope all of this "sue them" **** is sarcasm. It would have been polite for them to contact you, but honestly I'd feel pretty good if a bike company thought my bike was good enough to represent their company.

I hope all of this "sue them" **** is sarcasm. It would have been polite for them to contact you, but honestly I'd feel pretty good if a bike company thought my bike was good enough to represent their company.


Not only that, but the hubris of thinking that a bike you assembled, with parts you bought and did not forge, and painted with colours you did not mix, is absurd to the maximum.


You can own the final assembly. The idea and image is public domain (unless you copyright the photo).

I hope all of this "sue them" **** is sarcasm. It would have been polite for them to contact you, but honestly I'd feel pretty good if a bike company thought my bike was good enough to represent their company.

you're a sarcasm

USA USA USA USA


maybe after you sue them you can buy a hummer, or other such vehicle. Maybe move to the burbs... isn't that the American dream?







but i like the bike, i would let them use it. I think that means you have done something right, if there using it on there website.

The idea and image is public domain (unless you copyright the photo).

Not that it matters, per se, but photographs are copyrighted as soon as they are created. Registering a copyright only gives you a more solid case in the event of a dispute.

USA USA USA USA


maybe after you sue them you can buy a hummer, or other such vehicle. Maybe move to the burbs... isn't that the American dream?







but i like the bike, i would let them use it. I think that means you have done something right, if there using it on there website.

Bikes are for hippies

USA USA USA!

Right, so we're sue happy and he shouldn't sue. That doesn't mean it is polite for brooks to use it without asking. If they want to sling him a free saddle as an apology, cool. If not, I think a bit less of them.

Sometime I hate this country we live in, where we feel entitled to fame and money at every turn.



*vomits*

i was actually on your side with my sarcastic comment.

Print Screen And Put Up On Your Wall!

Not classy Brooks!

you don't SUE them,......it's easier than that.

YOU own the bike, AND because YOU shot the picture YOU own the rights to the image.

if you didn't click some release form when you posted that on velospace, then brooks is using your property without your permission.

write them up an invoice, (quickbooks to the rescue) and send them a bill due and payable upon receipt, make sure you send it 1st class, registered, and delivery notification.

they'll respond pretty fast, watch. ;)

THEN you mention that you could use a $500 honey/titanium saddle and matching panniers :D

oh and thats just an amazing looking bike, btw, I can understand why they wanted to use the pic, very nice work.

maybe they'll buy you a half link :-D

if nothing else, just ask them to put a photo credit on it or a link to your velospace account.

Congrats! Your bike is super sweet. :beer:

you don't SUE them,......it's easier than that.

YOU own the bike, AND because YOU shot the picture YOU own the rights to the image.

if you didn't click some release form when you posted that on velospace, then brooks is using your property without your permission.

write them up an invoice, (quickbooks to the rescue) and send them a bill due and payable upon receipt, make sure you send it 1st class, registered, and delivery notification.

they'll respond pretty fast, watch. ;)

THEN you mention that you could use a $500 honey/titanium saddle and matching panniers :D

oh and thats just an amazing looking bike, btw, I can understand why they wanted to use the pic, very nice work.

+1

[QUOTE=Serendipper;6203655 The idea and image is public domain (unless you copyright the photo).[/QUOTE]

This is wrong. The photographer owns the copyright to a photo untill the specifically give up that right.

that said, there is no need to sue anyone. Simply contact Brooks and point out that there marketing intern probably needs to catch up on copyright law. In the mean time, you are proud and honored that they chose to use your picture of your bike... and they are welcome to continue to do so in exchange for a (insert the item you want.) There is nothing greedy or unethical about that. It is YOUR picture, not theirs.

... oh and thats just an amazing looking bike, btw, I can understand why they wanted to use the pic, very nice work.

oh yeah... that too!

Thanks to everyone for their input. I sent an email yesterday telling them I was the owner of the bike and the photgrapher. I made no demands for credit nor compensation as yet. I'll wait and see if they contact me and make any sort of good faith concession. If not, I like the invoice idea, thanks for the suggestion j0e bik3.

This is wrong. The photographer owns the copyright to a photo untill the specifically give up that right.

that said, there is no need to sue anyone. Simply contact Brooks and point out that there marketing intern probably needs to catch up on copyright law. In the mean time, you are proud and honored that they chose to use your picture of your bike... and they are welcome to continue to do so in exchange for a (insert the item you want.) There is nothing greedy or unethical about that. It is YOUR picture, not theirs.


Thanks for the correction. It may not be unethical to constantly seek compensation and fame in our society, but it's not right.

We should have higher values, like the people in Star Trek.


Oh, and Brooks...also indicative of what's wrong with society. They should have asked permission. How rude.

Update: someone on the C&V forum reminded me that Brooks has an ongoing photo submission contest. The winners are picked each month and the prize is their picture on the front page of the site. Click on "People and Their Stories", it will take you to all the previous photo winners.

That's your sick Stella, isn't it? Good for you, I like that one.

That's awesome.

Update: someone on the C&V forum reminded me that Brooks has an ongoing photo submission contest. The winners are picked each month and the prize is their picture on the front page of the site. Click on "People and Their Stories", it will take you to all the previous photo winners.

so did you submit the photo or did someone else
?

Update: someone on the C&V forum reminded me that Brooks has an ongoing photo submission contest. The winners are picked each month and the prize is their picture on the front page of the site. Click on "People and Their Stories", it will take you to all the previous photo winners.


That's awesome.



So not only were people greedy (not you), but they also jumped the gun.


Congrats to you!:beer:

Thanks everyone for your compliments. I submitted the photo myself a long time ago and forgot. *insert bemused smiley* I still feel the wording of my email is appropriate, essentially I said "Thanks for picking the photo of my bike as your front page. Would you like to send me a pair of saddles for my almost finished tandem (http://velospace.org/files/Tandemwithbaskets.jpg)? It's screaming for a pair of heavy duties!!"

I hope they sponsor me to the tune of a pair of B66 or B73s and a set of Brick Lane roll-up panniers. *Hope hope*

Go Ortlieb Back Roller Plus if they don't give in to your demands...

To all: Prices are about to go up any day now for all Ortlieb gear to the tune of 10-12%...

Brooks should've contacted you. Not all photographs are open source.

Which is not to say you should cause difficulties for them.