Battle brewing!!

[www.memorylanerestorations.com]

Hi everyone, Curtis from Memory Lane Restorations. Get this! I have been a subcontractor for several large websites over the past several years, now most of you know me and have seen many photos of my work. Now I got a nasty phone call from the owner of one of these sites demanding me to remove my photos from the internet.
Now I got a 1099 form every year I had done work for this company as a subcontractor. Now I always take photos of all the machines I restore with my camera, downloaded on my computer so I can display my companys Quaility Restoration work. They are saying they own the photos that I took with my camera of my restoration work. Keep in mind, they say they own my photos because they contracted my company to do the work.  I own each and every photo of  the machines I restored and can use them as I please. Everything I designed and created belongs to me. They were my ideas, my thoughts and my restorations. For my photos to belong to them, they would have needed me to sign a simple form called an Indexical property agreement.
There off ther rocker! I warn everyone who might do business with these people to watch out. They have already been cut off from buying parts from all the large parts companys and if you have been cut off from Funtronics, you screwed up big time. Everyone go to E-bay and type in stoner candy in the search. there are just a few examples of my Battle Brewing photos.
Thanks everyone taking the time to read this. Curtis Kauffman memorylane@myactv.net  
P.S. The logo in the photo below belongs to me and I have all the original art work and reciept for having it done.

[bcharlton]

Curtis:

As a contract employee, unless you had a separate intellectual copyright agreement, it is my understanding that the photos are yours.  If you need additional legal help, I have copyright attorneys who work with me and would be willing to assist you in any way.  These guys can't get enough of the Stoner candy machines you have helped me with over the last 3 years.  In fact, I gave one of my restorations that you helped me with, to one of my attorneys.

Let me know if you need my assistence.

[Ltransam]

And if that dose'nt work I know someone who knows someone that knows a guy  that can kick their  '>  

 I hate people that try crap like that

                                                   Ltransam

[sodaworks]

Give them #### Curtis, Don't give up without a fight!! If BITW would have made things right with you in the first place, they wouldn't have to resort to this!! I'll be doing my business with you. '>

[www.memorylanerestorations.com]

Thanks Terry, I guess you know they are using my logo on there one site. I had that logo designed back in 1997 and the Fire truck under the restoration page is my work as well. That went to a couple in Jefferson MD. You know if they want to give me free advertisement that will be fine with me. Look at the nice add I have on E-bay item #7218243632 I'll send everyone there. It's like having an extra website for free. I can surely beat there prices and I know they will never match my Quaility. Coming soon will be a video clip of the Roker on the road piece ( A Blast from the past ) I'm the only one they interviewed and Filmed for the TV show which aired in June 2005. I'm sure I'll here something like You can't use yourself, we own you. But thanks for your support. Just a few of my restorations. OOPS! Did I do that.

[jasmine64]

Yep I know how that works, when I worked for the local paper in high school,
that very subject of who owns what was brought up at our meetings,
it seemed since we were employees of the paper, they owned what ever
creative work we did, being their employee and on their time.

I'd like to see how this comes out. Being I may hire someone to help decorate cakes,
cookies and candy in my shop. (My new addition will be going up this summer)!!

[www.memorylanerestorations.com]

I would have anyone that works for you sign a intellectual copyright agreement. This will asure what they do while working for you, belongs to you.

[www.memorylanerestorations.com]

I just delivered a machine a week ago to a good customer and a great guy. Check out some of his collection. The Stoner Theatre I just delivered.

[www.memorylanerestorations.com]

A few more photos!

[www.memorylanerestorations.com]

Last two for now! Check out the National Cigarette machine in the photo, I restored that for him about two years ago. Great piece!

[sodaworks]

WOW!! Thanks for sharing that with us. Nice collection. Makes me want to kep my National cigarette machine. '>

[MoonDawg]

Love the pictures!!!!!!!! Note the tall skinny selecto-vend candy machine .........vending packages of Planters peanuts?  What a great idea!!!!!

[coke_and_stuff]

Wow killer collection, I love all the 81s someday!!!!


Joey

[Jim]

Curtis,

Is this Jeff Wolf's collection...?
If so, he's sending me some photos for use on SMC, one of which is the Siphonmix.

[Pat Pixley]

Curtis,
 You have done some nice work on every thing I have seen,
It a shame that there are others out there that can't stand
 to see you do well. Just so you know you have my support
 on this .

 Pat

[www.memorylanerestorations.com]

It sure is. Jeff is a great guy and that is the Siphonmix. Steve Ebner from Funtronics and I were in Baltimore last Friday buying some machines and he had the chance to look at the photos I took of Jeffs collection and was blown away. Jeff has one of the best collections of Quaility restored machines one could have the pleasure to see. Every piece he owns is perfect. Here are a few more photos.

[www.memorylanerestorations.com]

A couple more!

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Notice the Rare Dr Pepper! Yes it's is original not made up and it may be the only original embossed Dr Pepper ever found.

[Eric]

That Coke machine that dispenses cups....can you get me a close up of the hand decal?
Terry was wanting one and I know I can draw it up.... (still working...when I can... on these decals)
SWEET collection! somebody's been collecting for a few months '>

[Creighton]

Thanks for the look at that collection!! Appears to be a complete set of 81's . Very cool how matching clocks are there as well. If Mr. Wolf is reading would love to here the stories behind these machines.
Thanks again!!
Creighton

[davethebirdman]

Me too Me too.

[www.memorylanerestorations.com]

Hi Eric, You can get that hand around the cup from Steve Ebner at Funtronics Inc. 301-371-5246 Thanks Curtis Kauffman Memory Lane Restorations.

Hey Curtis - I placed the photos you sent to me on My Website for Free for you to help you out. I have Soda-machines.com linked on my Website , Be-bop joes, Parts supply , etc ,etc. I too was told to remove your photos from my Webpage! I replied - that I at no time wanted to post any photos on my Website that I did not have permission to post. I informed them that I believed these were your photos by law, taken with your camera and contain your Ideas. If anyone can prove otherwise I will be more than happy to remove them.

I have seen my own photos taken from my internet space and posted on other websites without my permission , some with false descriptions before and after. .

My Webpage launched August 07 2004 and the link was placed on Soda-Machines.com at that time.  The background on all the images on my website are colored as you know. This takes forever to do, takes a lot of time on my part but looks good.

The 9 years before I had a Website, I stored all my Photos on Connect Inc. This space was used to accomidate my Ebay photos as well as to send family photos back and forth. The photos were given a number 1 through 1000 and up. These photos were posted without the background colored out. Changing the number at the end of the address would change the photo.

See the following link

http://users.conninc.com/photohost/I220.jpg

Change just the number and the photo will change.

When I do a machine for a Customer, the customer is more than welcome to take photos of their machine and place these photos on the internet. I do not mind turning over extra copies of photos I take when I am asked. Sometimes customers like these photos to go with their restored coolers.


Before December 7th 2003 - I repainted two chest coolers for a customer. I did not do the inside of the coolers. It was a cheaper restoration on a limited budget to be traded out for unrestored machines, no money exchanged. A dented liner was left inside one cooler at the customers request.

In Febuary of 2004 I noticed that around 10 photos had been removed from this Connect space and placed on the world wide web with an interesting description.

Typing in Victor Chest Cooler in MSN search will pull up these photos .

and the following search:

Page 1 of 25,461 results containing victor chest cooler (0.29 seconds)
Results
SodaChest.com - Largest selection of coke and coca cola machines. Coke ...
This is the ULTIMATE soda chest. The Victor cooler was used in many old general stores and ice cream parlors in the 1950's. These machines hold a large amount of bottles. Anywhere ...

www.sodachest.com/victorcoolers.htm Cached page
SodaChest.com - Largest selection of coke and coca cola machines ...
... Machines and Coke Cola Soda Chest. Restoring Original Coke ... RESTORED VICTOR COOLERS Our Victor Coolers are restored to ... pricing information on our Victor Cooler Bars send us an email or ...

Entering this webpage and clicking on Chest / then Westinghouse Master / will display 6 photos at the bottom which were taken with out my permission from my connect/ ebay space in Febuary of 2004. These photos were taken with my camera. They are not the best in the world. The stainless liner is covered in dents. I did not use these liner photos on my website since they did not reflect our Cherry restoration. All photos were removed in March of 2004 from my Ebay/connect Space to prevent other photos from being taken.

Clicking on Cavalier 6 case master will display several photos.

The Photo of the Ice cold Cap in the upper corner is from a Mr Turner's box
This box is pictured in my website setting next to an all white cavalier 96. It was a local restoration that our company did.

Click on GE Pepsi

Notice the bottom 6 photos - the 1st three are of a copper liner. One of Three copper tubs our company did at the same time  - The 7up box  in the moving graphics of our Webpage has a unclearcoated copper liner in it. This liner is shown in this photo on the green cart. This 7up box was  done by us and sold to our customer.  Notice the difference in the color of the liner in the pepsi box and the liner on the Cart. We did 3 of these liners. The Liner in the Pepsi machine was clear coated by us which made it darker.  The other liner which we did 1st was left alone and later installed in the 7up Box. All 6 of these photos were taken by us in our shop. My company restored this Pepsi machine and these photos are of our company's fabricated Refrigeration tub liners. No chest cooler of any customer is shown in the three middle photos. All 6 photos were taken in our shop with an old AGFA digital camera.  We currently have the uncropped originals and their mates.  

Notice the description of the photos on this site.

 

If someone produces a reproduction part for a Soda machine, does this mean that the person that brokers the sell of the Soda machine with the reproduction part installed on it, can claim any photos they find of the part or similar parts, post them on the web and claim to be the parts manufacturer.

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[www.memorylanerestorations.com]

Thanks for your support! I went to your links and it sure looks like there is a Thief out there. I think they need to look deep into there own websites at the photos they have stolen. Just to prove they have taken my logo and are using it for there Memorylaneblvd site, go to sodadecals.com and click on the about us page, look at the Logo at the bottom. It says (Memorylane Restorations) Not! Memorylane Blvd They took my old business card and scanned it. They never took out the Restoration and they want to try and point fingers. Attached you will see there image and a copy of my Logo. Thanks Curtis Memory Lane Restorations.