Flicking through The Age today and saw a story about the serial rapist Adrian Bailey, Then was shocked when I saw a picture of the interior of my car! it is a photo that i took myself about 2 years ago an uploaded to photobucket, but the caption claims it is the car he owned in 2000. I guess there Isn't much i can do about it, seeing as if have posted it on public forums? (on here in a rides thread and corolla forum rollaclub.com)

Got a link to the article?

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http://www.youtube.com/user/Hanras

Cant find the article online but here's a pic

Ha!!! Id send em an email anyways and ask for royalties for using your photo.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/Hanras

Holy crap!

I would be careful around that interior.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

you own the photo, they published it without your permission and in connection with a violent criminal - I'd be pretty f*cking pissed off about that

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Extract from today's Melbourne Age.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

I saw a photo of him sitting inside a mini in one of the articles,
made me feel bad that such a scum bag is/was associated with mini's.

If I were you I would contact them and ask for an apology to be printed in the paper at the very least.

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1975 Hairy Lime/White Clubby
Build Thread: http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=80657

So clearly the paper has just found a similar minis interior (yours) and claimed it is the murderers car. Unbelievable. I wonder where you stand legally in a case like this.

There is a photo of him restoring a mini in the article winabby has posted.

He may even be a forum member.

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68 Morris Cooper S Mk1 (*ex 78 1275 LS 4th last built, 70 Morris 1500 OHC & 70 MiniMatic)

I am definitely going to send them an email, but i assume as the photo has been in the public domain posted on forums i doubt i will get anything out of them other than an "Ooops, sorry".
It is downright lazy journalism if you ask me. They must have just done a Google search and said "that'll do".

The photo belongs to you. Just because you have posted it on a forum does not give them the right to use it without your approval.

You should send them a bill for the photo based on commercial rates.

If you have a lawyer friend I would ask them what they thought, surely there's something you can get from this.
In a world gone lawyer crazy you may as well try.

You could pass it along to the ABC Media watch programme.

Ive exchanged emails with The Age and waiting hear back from DPP, will give you an update soon.

You have published a picture of YOUR car on the internet, these dopes used a picture of YOUR car in a scum of the earth story...if you are sure that said SotE was not a past owner...then seek a retraction and/or apology for associating YOU with SCUM

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