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Originally Posted by beamie
Pete,
I stand corrected if what you say is true. To me it just doesn't seem to be a big deal as some people think, it is just a picture.
So your saying everyone on Ebay that is selling a NIB fishing reel using a stock catalog photo and description is technically wrong and against the rules/law?
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They may not get prosecuted, but yes. Unless they have permission to use a company's media tools (most dealers do).
I know most people view a picture as "just a picture", but we've (The SWE) spent many, MANY $$ and hours creating quality images (as did someone somewhere in the case of any quality image) for our website. The computers we work on, the software, and paying the people to do the work, etc. It's an investment we make to help differentiate ourselves from others and it costs serious time and money. And then a competitor takes the image for free and sells the same product on our dollar and time? The image issue strikes close to home for me because we have had a lot of issues with it.
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