Moved: Legal issues with feature cars in your mag

**spartanic** · 04-16-2007 01:05 PM

Are there legal issues with featuring cars in a mag that you sell to bookstores? For example Road and Track features the latest vehicles in their mag. Do they need the approval of auto manufacterers before they can feature their cars in their mag since they will be selling their mag for a profit? If so then wouldn't it cost a fortune to license every vehicle?

What about a site that charges a monthly subscription fee for repair information on a particular vehicle? Would that vehicle need to be licensed from the manufacterer?

**spartanic** · 04-16-2007 11:29 PM

Anyone................?

**harrymcwealth** · 04-16-2007 11:46 PM

No they don't.

**harrymcwealth** · 04-16-2007 11:47 PM

The copyright is on the picture, not the car.
For example if you took a picture of the Empire State Building. You don't have to pay the building owners to use their building for the picture.

**akula** · 04-17-2007 12:03 AM

no, there is no legal issues here

you can make your magazine, with your own/licensed pictures and your own/licensed copy

no, the site does not need any licenses, on the info you've given

you might wanna get a crash course on intellectual property concepts

**MojaCity** · 04-17-2007 08:30 AM

Yea I did the same thing on my site earlier with restaurants. As long as you use your own pictures and your own content, you don't need anyone's permission. Good luck!

what are trying to start exactly?