SetBuilder Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 I went through my previous threads and deleted a bunch of pics that I posted. A painter at my shop posted a pic of a set being built in FB and tagged it. Well it ended up getting picked up by the media and its a big shit storm with possible law suits. He will probably never work in the industry again. I was always pretty careful about what I posted, but just trying to be safe. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 31 minutes ago, SetBuilder said: I went through my previous threads and deleted a bunch of pics that I posted. A painter at my shop posted a pic of a set being built in FB and tagged it. Well it ended up getting picked up by the media and its a big shit storm with possible law suits. He will probably never work in the industry again. I was always pretty careful about what I posted, but just trying to be safe. Understandable, was he in breech of a NDA or something? You're probably safe here but it is ALWAYS more important to protect your livelihood than to add even the biggest benefit to the community. We'll surely miss the pics but such is life. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Completely understand man. Gotta cover your ass. Your job is way to awesome to lose. Even in my line of work I've had times I had to really watch what I posted. My only issue was with the time an article was posted on the main page. All I had to do was explain that articles are written in advance and set to post at a certain time, but it was still a pain in the ass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrmccabe Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Going to miss your unique pictures but got to cover your A ! However you could have replaced them with some bikini eye candy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Sorry to read this dude. Have to love the USA. Have to hate attorneys. It's amazing what you can get sued for but it's totally understandable in today's day and age for the need to be liability conscious. I spend every day of my work week weighing liability. It gets old, I hate to say but glad I'm not the only one looking at those perspectives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 may not be completely related, but I can understand the importance to some of these conditions. I worked on many different projects that were in very early design stages and procedures were very closely guarded. I have signed many different confidentiality agreements over my career while working or building some things. on a personal level, I too don't like people seeing some of my projects before they are complete, not because of any legal issues but because some people just don't have the ability to see the final item when it is in nine parts on a bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr8ondt Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Loved seeing your ponds in a commercial. Was pretty cool to see em before, will miss the cool stuff like that but hey it's understandable for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeldfabNeil Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 You do great work, I loved the pics. I totally get not posting. My employer is pretty strict on pictures. Customer projects pics are not allowed at all. Well sites can't be photographed either. They let you take pictures of your own welds an tools, as long as you watch the background. Only pics I have taken are of my personal tools, but don't share them, I don't like the policy cause it would make some cool pics. ultimately I understand why the policy is in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SetBuilder Posted May 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 The guy who posted the pics was a freelance scenic painter, not a full time employee of the shop. we are jamming right now, 70+ hours last week. We were instructed no phones out in the shop. The client hired security to watch the cameras in the shop till work is complete. It sucks because we build some crazy stuff. This is something we pumped out in a couple of days, so you guys will just have to see the after, not before. I switched crews recently and build cooler stuff now 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jronman Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Maybe instead of banning employees from posting photos online the employees can send photos for review then those photos can be uploaded to the shop's website. Makes the employees less liable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 business is business folks, social media is stronger than ever before, I used to communicate with a penpal that took 2 months to say hi.......now people are communicating like they are all in the same room....pretty tough to keep secrets now a days.....with ichat, twitter, facebook, mepic, youtube, you name it...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regopit Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 I do a lot of work for a company called DCP productions. They do a lot of the GEICO commercials and I have to sign a ton of papers if I'm working and they are working on something for a client. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 I still don't understand why companies are soo hush-hush on such semantical things. I mean, really, whoTF is going to give a crap about the set of a Target commercial? It's interesting to us because of the process involved but we couldn't care less who it's being built for and why. It all seems like a waste of energy and an excuse to give lawyers more money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jronman Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 would limiting the posts to the 500 post thread work? The average person isn't able to view that thread. Target or whoever would have to join here post 500 messages just to even view those pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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