Re: The never-ending C&TS Tender Lettering Debate: Milton Bradley's SOLUTION!
| January 01, 2013 03:29PM |
weston1879 Wrote:
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> Does the C&TS have grounds for a lawsuit?
I am sure the C&TS was not involved other than running their train for their passengers. The photographer has the rights to his own photography.
He probably sold it to the puzzle company(M
, at at that point they could do what they wanted since they now owned the rights of that use.
I once sold a color image of engine 480 at Hermosa to a company that wanted to use it for the cover of their board game(Empire Builder I think it was). Sometime later they changed their mind and went in a different direction. I still got paid, so I didn't care!!! In that image one could not see the name on the tender anyway. They just wanted a high impact shot, that looked like good action.
Greg
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> Does the C&TS have grounds for a lawsuit?
I am sure the C&TS was not involved other than running their train for their passengers. The photographer has the rights to his own photography.
He probably sold it to the puzzle company(M
, at at that point they could do what they wanted since they now owned the rights of that use.I once sold a color image of engine 480 at Hermosa to a company that wanted to use it for the cover of their board game(Empire Builder I think it was). Sometime later they changed their mind and went in a different direction. I still got paid, so I didn't care!!! In that image one could not see the name on the tender anyway. They just wanted a high impact shot, that looked like good action.
Greg
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