Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Trucking company plays dirty

I received an e-mail today, of which this was the main body of the text:

"Good afternoon,

We saw on your blog pictures of our units and information concerning the cargo. You did not receive written permission from [name deleted] allowing you to use such images, pictures and information pertaining to our equipment and/or cargo. Having confirmed this we ask that you remove from your blog immediately .
In default of the immediate removal of our images and information we, [name deleted] will have no choice but to seek legal action as may our Client if legal action they choose.
We ask you by the present, a confirmation in writing as soon as the removal has been completed."

I removed the "offending" entries which were in fact quite flattering to their equipment, not because they asked me too, but  because of their heavy handed approach. I suspect they have no right to make such a request, and their e-mail was a form of intimidation. If that is how they wish to operate their company, then I do not wish to be associated with them in any way, nor to publicize them, even though they have nice trucks.



4 comments:

  1. well, [name deleted] seem to like their wanna-be-fancy language.
    I hope you ignored their confirmation demand.

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  2. They may not like it but you are well within your rights to photograph anything on a public highway, and certainly can publish it. If they don't like the cargo being shown they should perhaps cover it.

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  3. If the photos were shot on public property, they have no right to make this request and their threat of legal action is groundless.

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  4. What a load of crap! Pretty rude and stupid of them to threaten somebody for admiring their equipment. It would be nice if we knew who it was.

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