Ford Says Its Fans Can’t Share Car Photos
01.14.2008
Ford prevented a group of their most loyal customers — Mustang owners who are members of the auto enthusiast group Black Mustang Club — from assembling photos of their cars into a calendar. Full story at Boing Boing. I’m not sure it’s ever a good idea to sue your best customers, but you can sort of (sort of) understand record labels suing their fans when those fans — in their enthusiasm to share music with friends — cuts into record sales. But what is Ford thinking? A calendar of vintage Mustangs is going to divert paying customers??
This post is a bit invalid, as is the original post on boingboing… I wrote about why… I’d repost it here but no real point.
http://www.mentallyretired.com/2008/01/14/ford-did-not-call-you-a-pirate/