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Adrian
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An increasing number of manufacturers and retailers are attempting to 'cash in' on the reputation we have earned for our outstanding products.
This is happening in several ways but most noticeably by using photographs of our products in action to promote their own brands (pretending for example that a budget LED bar produces the excellent results being shown - when in reality the photo is of an ICELED equipped vehicle)
Where I see such abuse I will be posting the images here as a reference - in the hope that visitors to this site may recognise the images for what they are. I will not 'name and shame' as this might direct people to companies that do not deserve a free introduction
If you suspect that you have come across such abuses yourself - please don't post about it here, PM me instead so I can check it out. Thankyou.
Here are some ICELED images you might see, being used without permission on Ebay or other car lighting retail sites:
BHF, ICELEDMAN, T1NYW and MattyP all make a showing on one North American website pretending to sell 'European' style lighting:

Now here's a UK company that has more than one website devoted to selling all manner of budget accessories off the back of our photos (including a number of Ebay shops). They can thank pOrk, LightFX and myself (!) for these:

(This last photo taken from the front of my car has been turned into a flash animation to make it look like a strobe )
And look what the Chinese have got lined-up for the unwary:
If anyone is in doubt about the true ownership of the above images they can lookup the usernames posted here and see the photos in their true context.
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Disclaimer
ICELED Ltd. deal with all matters in a civil and professional way. We understand that this sort of abuse is very irritating for us and many of our good customers. However we politely ask anyone tempted to enter into correspondence with the perpetrators to make it clear that they are doing so independently of ICELED Ltd. |
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Adrian
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eBay Policy
Many unauthorised uses of ICELED photographs take place on eBay. Thankfully eBay enforce a strict policy which results in the removal of listings violating their rules. ICELED appreciate the assistance provided by eBay when necessary, but ICELED always contacts the owner of the listing in the first instance to give them ample opportunity to revise the listing themselves.
If this fails to happen eBay then take the appropriate action as this typical correspondence demonstrates:
| ebay wrote: |
Hello,
Thank you for writing back to eBay. We have received your email and
apologise for the delay in our response to you enquiry. My name is
Daphne and I will be happy to assist you further with the under car
lighting kit, item number 8068341473, that you have reported for
violating our Image Text theft guidelines.
We have reviewed the listing that you reported and have taken the
appropriate action.
We have found that many people are unaware that using images or text
that they have found on eBay or other sites on the Internet is against
eBay policy. Many of them will change their listings when contacted by
the owner of the material. Should this happen again in the future, in
addition to alerting eBay, please feel free to refer the other seller to
eBay's policy page at:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/community/png-text-and-images.html
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