Well done Ford Motor Company... piss of your enthusiasts...

[DOOK]

TRS is being attacked by Ford Motor Company! - The Ranger Station Forums (http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32801)

just like a domestic company to piss on the very people who are keeping them alive... biting the hand that feeds them so to speak...

fuck Ford

didn't they go after a mustang forum not long ago too? Who is making these decisions for Ford? A mentally handicapped attorney?

[blueshark123]

HEy atleast nissan cant say anything to us if they wanted to

[ALTRNTV]

First they ask the government for money, then the CEO flies into D.C. in private jets, now this? Fuck them.

[DOOK]

HEy atleast nissan cant say anything to us if they wanted to

they wouldn't want to...

in this world you have two sorts of businesses... those than are in it for the love of it, and those that are in it solely to make money.

I'd say Ford falls in the second category... and are failing miserably at it.

[driftthis]

I actually got an email about this early this morning.

Ford is asking $5000 and the surrender of the forum name.

What was the result of the similar situation with the Mustang forum?

[DrftKingIII]

Wow. Thats shitty.

[DOOK]

What was the result of the similar situation with the Mustang forum?

Ford went on to threaten a 100k dollar lawsuit and from then I don't know...

[CrimsonRockett]

Things like this really piss me off.

Now, I really don't care for Ford anymore.

Let them fail. It's sad to see millions of people losing their jobs because of Ford, but if they're pulling shit like this to make more money, they can burn to the ground for all I care.

[DOOK]

Things like this really piss me off.

Now, I really don't care for Ford anymore.

Let them fail. It's sad to see millions of people losing their jobs because of Ford, but if they're pulling shit like this to make more money, they can burn to the ground for all I care.

I wonder how the lowly employees of Ford feel about these decisions? oh wait, I'm sure some of them are the enthusiasts being fucked by "the man"

[Phlip]

Dozed off waiting for the page to never load, anyone care to tell me what happened?

[sileighty83]

damn! so because Ford is loosing money they go after forum ppl f***ed up yo... what r they thinking.

[derux]

Volkswagon already did this to a bunch of people already.

[blu808]

Wow. Thats stupid on their part.

Here is the email I just sent to Ford.

Hello. My name is Luke. I am an avid car lover. I currently own a 2002 f250 And love the truck. I use it for everything. From daily driving, to towing our race cars. I am sending thie email to you to let you know that your recent actions against "therangerstation.com" have come to a big surprise to me, and has led me to change my mind on your products. I will be putting my truck up for sale today, and will give Ford a bad name every chance I get. Fuck you ford for pissing on the people that buy your products.

respectfully.
Luke Lonberger

[1ZlowZ]

I think ford tried to take action against the mustang forums a while ago for making Calenders like Zilvia, That sucks, I guess if Ford is going down its taking its customers with em.

[HyperTek]

i wonder if its really ford, or some scam trying to get them... you never know..

[Matej]

Now, I really don't care for Ford anymore.

Let them fail. It's sad to see millions of people losing their jobs because of Ford, but if they're pulling shit like this to make more money, they can burn to the ground for all I care.
Ford's not even failing, they're just greedy.

[Icy13]

seriously, ford is the company that is somewhat weathering the storm. GM and Chrysler are pretty screwed without help, but ford was weathering through. Sucks that they survive because of their foreign divisions.... Seriously, why does ford sell nicer cars in europe than here? I want a European focus :(

anyway, fuck assholes, bitch bitch bitch, solidarity yo!

[SimpleS14]

Maybe there is an underlying message or reasoning. IDK....its not looking good on Ford's end.

I hope Nissan doesn't do someone like this......

[emersonLP]

Situation resolved apparently. The guy was making banners with Ford logos on them. That's what sparked Ford's idiot lawyers I guess.

From the site owner:


A while back I had started making decals such as the old FORD tailgate letters, and offering some other decals for Ranger enthusiasts such as the Ranger windshield banner with the Ford logos on each side of it.

Although it was intended to be used as a way to keep The Ranger Station up and running and not a method of becoming independently wealthy...it was vilolating Fords trademarks.

I have talked to Scott Monty from Ford Motor Company and have agreed to:

1) Stop selling the decals since I do not have a trademark license to sell

2) Agree that the 'Ranger' is a product of Ford.

3) Not display any ads on The Ranger Station that would promote a competitor (Example: Banner ad for the new Chevy Colorado, etc)

4) Not use the site to make disparaging comments about Ford (AKA - Anti Ford Site)

5) Not turn The Ranger Station name over to anyone else.

I believe that's about it. I'm waiting from a letter from their attorney.

In return, Ford will allow us to keep The Ranger Station name and will not require that I pay the $5000.00 that the attorneys were asking for.

Scott went on to tell me that they recognize and support their fan websites and I would suggest that any other website owner/administrator reading this will be OK if they judge themselves on the items I had listed above. If you have ad banners you may want to make sure you have Fords competition filtered out.

I would like to say thanks to those that emailed Ford and spread the word. The attention and support from other enthusiats greatly helped in getting this resolved quickly.

I would ask that anyone who has posted about this on another website link the discussions here and ask that the moderator on that site lock the topic.

I also want to thank the other site owners for their support.

Our (my) Agreement With Ford (remedy) - The Ranger Station Forums (http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?p=274763#post274763)

[C. Senor]

atleast they got it resolved.

[Dirty Habit]

Fuck ford.

[ryguy]

The owner of the site just resolved the matter with Ford and asked that moderators of other sites linking there close our threads and link to this site---->
Our (my) Agreement With Ford (remedy) - The Ranger Station Forums (http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?p=274763#post274763)


EDIT* Shit lol news has already been dropped here. I forgot to refresh.