[RE-wrenches] Publicity rights?

[Will White]

We had a new competitor take a video of one of our installs (with owner's permission) and post it on the front of their web page.  I believe it's still there almost two years later.

It's a shady thing to do but I don't think there was anything we could legally do to stop them.

From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Rebecca Lundberg
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 6:34 PM
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Publicity rights?

I have come across a new (small) installer taking photos of solar projects that others installed, and promoting them on their web site in their "gallery" without getting permission or giving any credit to the installer. This seems unethical, and I'd like to be able to point to a law related to this so that my sites are not used in this way. Even if a customer gives this person permission to take a photo of their site, it doesn't make sense that this installer could imply any credit for this project by using it on their web site. Isn't there some kind of law that relates to this?
Thanks in advance for your input!
Keep Shining!
Rebecca Lundberg
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer (r)
Owner/President
Powerfully Green(r)
763.438.1976 | Rebecca.Lundberg at PowerfullyGreen.com<mailto:Rebecca.Lundberg at PowerfullyGreen.com>

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