Is permission from the manufacturer required to use a photo(s) of a vehicle I own?

[Area52]

Do I need permission from the manufacturer to use a photo(s) I have produced of a vehicle that I own and display it on my website as a background image for a category link or small banner promoting the site?

 

[stock_post]

no

 

[RustyK]

No. You bought it. You own it. You do whatever you want with it. Of course within the realms of the law.

 

[south]

No problem. If it's from Detroit, you now own part of the company! Take a sledgehammer to it, and post it on the home page of the site.

 

[jdk]

The only thing you can not use is their logo. The car is yours and you can do as you wish.

 

[marcorandazza]

Do I need permission from the manufacturer to use a photo(s) I have produced of a vehicle that I own and display it on my website as a background image for a category link or small banner promoting the site?

Probably not, but Ford has taken pretty aggressive (and I think over-reaching) positions on issues like this in the very recent past.

 

[dvdrip]

Do I need permission from the clothes company for the clothes I wear?
Just to be safe I didn't use the clothes in this photo.
I only used a cheap bathing suit:
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/10599/original.jpg

 

[Area52]

Thanks for the responses, except for the bathing suit thing. I didn't think I needed permission, but you know our lawmakers.
They have enacted so many laws that no one person could possibly know about all of them.