You’d think that Ford Motor company would be all about helping to make the owners of their cars love them more, right?

Not so, it seems. Here’s an excerpt from Lisa, who runs the Black Mustang Club.

I got some more info from the folks at cafepress and according to them, a law firm representing Ford contacted them saying that our calendar pics (and our club’s event logos – anything with one of our cars in it) infringes on Ford’s trademarks which include the use of images of THEIR vehicles. Also, Ford claims that all the images, logos and designs OUR graphics team made for the BMC events using Danni are theirs as well. Funny, I thought Danni’s title had my name on it … and I thought you guys owned your cars … and, well … I’m not even going to get into how wrong and unfair I feel this whole thing is as I’d be typing for hours, but I wholeheartedly echo everything you guys have been saying all afternoon. I’m not letting this go un-addressed and I’ll keep you guys posted as I get to work on this. I’m sorry, but at this point we will not be producing the 2008 BMC Calendar, featuring our 2007 Members of the Month, solely due to Ford Motor Company’s claim that THEY own all rights to the photos YOU take of YOUR car. I hope to resolve this soon, and be able to provide the calendar and other BMC merchandise that you guys want and deserve! This thread will remain open for you to comment however you wish, and I’ll update it as needed. Thanks for all your support of the BMC!!

This really sucks for Ford’s team of lawyers and marketing department. Really, these people weren’t makin’ money off the stuff they were selling, and Ford really doesn’t own the stuff made by the people who are there, (any more than they own this blog for using the word Ford in it.)

If GM/Chevrolet were smart, they’d give each of those 12 members of the month a shiny new black Corvette and send out professional photographer’s to take pics of the cars with the owners, help’em make the calendar, and then hand it out for free to all the members, just to show how much they kick Ford’s ass.

Now I like Ford, but this is ridiculous.