Car Show photos from Southern Alberta

It is a well accepted and ethical practice to give attribution when you take intellectual property. I asked the owner of the Western Pacific Cruise Calendar, Bud MacMurchy, to give attribution for the material that he takes from my website, but he said he doesn’t take anything.

So I posted this phony show (Cadogan) this morning. It doesn’t exist, and neither does the contact. Bud had it listed on his website by 1 pm. My website is protected by copyright, so what he’s doing is stealing. Funny thing is, I offered to share everything if he would simply give attribution.

Somebody downloaded the Cadogan poster from my website at 12:35 pm. The other shows on the below search all seemed to magically appear on Bud’s site today as well.

I spend countless hours compiling the Southern Alberta calendar. Contacting organizers, creating posters, and posting events on the website. Bud simply copies it and uses it for his income-generating website. Most of the people I’ve met in the old car hobby have ethics and integrity, so this is disappointing.

A reader with the same IP address did the following search and download on Feb 9. All these shows magically appeared on Bud’s site the next day.

I spent many beautiful summer evenings at Wild Wednesday last year. The weekly gathering of classic car enthusiasts on the northern outskirts of Calgary attracted a large contingent of vehicles every week.

Over the past two summers, Wild Wednesday has become known as Calgary’s premier weekly automobile show with hundreds of vehicles in attendance at every event. It is held at New Horizon Mall’s huge, easily accessible parking lot.  The shows will start on May 3 and run every Wednesday 5 – 8 pm, weather permitting, until the end of September.

If you want to see what I’m talking about, there are over 1000 photos from 13 Wild Wednesday shows in the Car Shows Photos Catalog for 2022. The pictures are under “New Horizon Mall.” Below are the pictures from just one of the shows…

New Horizon mall – Aug 17, 2022 – 135 photos

The 2023 calendar is in its formative stages, but by getting an early start this year, I hope we can “spread the wealth” and avoid some of those occasions where we were having 10 shows on a Saturday. Last year, we were still dealing with the effects of the pandemic and a lot of organizations were faced with uncertainty and didn’t know at the start of the year if we would be having regular shows.

To get your show listed, contact me bobtruman@shaw.ca

Last fall, when I asked if you wanted the Southern Alberta car show calendar again, I received 130 positive comments(and one negative WTH!). The NiceOldCars calendar was one-of-a-kind…