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I’m editing a spot for a car dealership that was written by an outside agency. They call for us to use screen shots from Cars.com. Can we even do this? I’m assuming we can’t because the site has a copyright, but wanted to be sure before I contacted the agency.
Thanks for any input you may be able to provide.
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Nope, not legal without permission. I wouldn’t do it.
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THanks for the quick response.
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I assume that this is a used car dealer. Because new car dealers can get “running footage” of the cars they represent from the manufacturers for their local ads.
Bob Zelin
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Why do they want to promote a website that is not theirs?
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I think a little more explanation is in order. They wanted to show the Cars.com site as an example of how they shop around and beat the competitors’ prices.
I have thought of a followup question. What’s the word on just using the name of a competitor? I’m thinking along the lines of the Progressive Insurance commercials where they show that board with State Farm, Allstate, etc. Could I make a search results page that simply has a list of results like “Cars.com $17,599”?
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just have em overnight some running footage to ya. Nobody wants stills in a car ad and it’s not like the running footage isn’t already paid for.
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You can use competitors name; just be sure not to libel them…
It’s all the those pesky details :p
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