hey congrats! you did a variation on an otherwise common mod and its good enough that somebody 'stole' it from you. and they brought it in at a 'reasonable' price- although it does not look like they're sending out K&N filters. seriously, nice work- first time I've seen somebody's idea used like that.

 

I just emailed him asking why he is stealing pictures from our forum, I encourage everyone else to do the same.

If he doesn't remove the pictures we can put him on blast here for bad business practices.

 

i emailed him he was using a copy righted photo

 

Not to be harsh, but this wasn't "your" intake concept. People have been cobbling together "cold air intake" systems with silicone bends and pvc long before April of 2015. Case in point: https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...e-14109/page2/
You did a nice job with your version of it but it wasn't "your" idea.

The funny part is that the Ebay seller(who sells kits for about 1000 other vehicles, BTW) is using your picture. But then again Google is a pretty easy place to find pictures. Search Land Rover Discovery Thule and 5 of the first 27 pictures are of my truck. Search for Land Rover Discovery Custom Intake and there's your pics along with a bunch of others. Ebay and Craigslist scammers do this all the time when selling vehicles. Its funny to see pics of two completely different trucks in the ads sometimes.

When I build up my '95 D1 I'll be using a Range Rover P38 airbox because the input points straight at the drivers side fender which will be perfect for running a snorkel into.

 

Eh, he did come up with this one specifically, and the seller is still using his image for profit without permission. That's a HUGE deal in the photography world. I'd probably send him a bill for image usage if it were one of mine. Whether soundguru came up with the idea originally or nit doesn't matter, he came up with it on his own just as I did with mine and that eBay seller is profiting off of his work without him getting any kick back ir giving any permission.

 

So let me get this straight. The OP bought a handful of prefabbed parts from an online retailer. Then he assembled them in a manner consistent with how the parts were intended to be used. That constitutes "coming up with", huh?
And the OP did post all the parts in this thread for the whole world to see. I've never seen somebody copyright an engine pic in a tech forum before, but I guess there's a first time for everything.

 

I'm not worried about copyright, I just think it's a bit dishonest of the seller to use a pic of a set up that his likely doesn't look like and watermarked another persons photo to make it look like that is a picture of his kit installation.

 

The way photography works is that the person (or animal, as decided by a recent court case) who takes the picture automatically owns the copyright to the image. They don't have to copyright it.

It's what ArmyRover said. It's just dishonest, and photography theft is a huge issue that isn't taken seriously enough. I understand that this picture wasn't taken to make any money, but its still an issue that could cause another photographer who uses photography as his/her primary source if income to not make a sell. It's dishonest and while it may not even cost anyone anything this time, it encourages the seller to do the same in the future and eventually it could.

 

Selling the kit with a cheap K&N copy filter and other questionable parts as well.

......

 

Well sure its dishonest, I just didn't realize it was a big deal. I had a pic of my truck used in an eBay listing for a used alpine window. I figured as long as they weren't taking the window from my truck I was good. ; )