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  • tabasco
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2006
    • 2624

    #1

    Celebrity threatening to sue affiliate

    What do you think, could a celebrity sue for the use of a "fake" image of her? I got a letter from an A-list celebs lawyer that was pretty scary. I though they fell under parody?
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  • L-Pink
    working on my tan
    • Mar 2005
    • 39151

    #2
    You can sue, be sued for almost anything.

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    • lagcam
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2007
      • 2890

      #3
      Originally posted by tabasco
      What do you think, could a celebrity sue for the use of a "fake" image of her? I got a letter from an A-list celebs lawyer that was pretty scary. I though they fell under parody?
      I guess it depends on the picture and the context but I think you are clutching at straws there. I would just remove it.
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      • u-Bob
        there's no $$$ in porn
        • Jul 2005
        • 33063

        #4
        get /b/ involved

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        • AnimeFevers
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          • Apr 2009
          • 3566

          #5
          Celeb sites are dangerous imo.
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          • tabasco
            Confirmed User
            • Jul 2006
            • 2624

            #6
            Originally posted by lagcam
            I guess it depends on the picture and the context but I think you are clutching at straws there. I would just remove it.
            I removed it straight away. They since got my details from my domain registra and sent another email. Seems they want me to contact them to discuss payment to their client. Yes sounds like a scam but it's legit.
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            • stach14
              M3Server.com
              • May 2011
              • 667

              #7
              I would recommend removing it and anything else concerning this celeb. It is a losing battle to fight.
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              • porno jew
                Too lazy to set a custom title
                • Nov 2006
                • 10166

                #8
                every celeb site will sell you down the river.

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                • moeloubani
                  Confirmed User
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 4235

                  #9
                  Read: http://www.firstamendment.com/site-a...lebrity-fakes/

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                  • DBS.US
                    Geo Cities
                    • Aug 2003
                    • 11843

                    #10
                    Originally posted by L-Pink
                    You can sue, be sued for almost anything.
                    So fucking True
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                    • Caligari
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                      • Oct 2009
                      • 5414

                      #11
                      Originally posted by moeloubani
                      interesting read, according to this if you were first asked to remove the offending images and you removed them immediately you should be fine.
                      it would appear that they would have to hit you with a copyright infringement suit to get money out of you, unless i am reading that wrong.

                      in other words they can't just say "you owe us money" and try to extract money out of you without an actual lawsuit obviously.
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                      • Spunky
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                        • Jun 2002
                        • 133986

                        #12
                        Don't let the man hold you down!

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                        • tabasco
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2006
                          • 2624

                          #13
                          Originally posted by moeloubani
                          Hmmm that seems to suggest that parody is okay so long as it is presented as such. I always post them as fakes and point out they are not real.


                          Originally posted by MrBottomTooth
                          What is the celebrity? And was it a whole site devoted to fake celebrities or you just had one image posted on a blog or something?
                          I'd rather not say the celebrities name at this stage, but it is an A-list actress. It was a couple of images in a site of fakes. I have concluded they must have used Google Images in actively looking for images of this type.
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                          • Si
                            Such Fun!
                            • Feb 2008
                            • 13900

                            #14
                            State laws provide a remedy to those who are defamed by publication of untrue facts to third parties. Defamation laws do not only apply to the written word - video and graphic images can be the subject of a defamation action as well. For example, if a celebrity fake includes images of Brittany Spears engaging in fellatio with Justin Timberlake, and Ms. Spears can prove that such depiction is false, an action for defamation might be asserted. Numerous defenses may come into play in such instances, as will be discussed below, such as the fact that the image was not presented as an accurate depiction of a real event but as a "fake." An untrue message that the above occurred is defamation, and may constitute the more serious tort of defamation per se.

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                            • tabasco
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jul 2006
                              • 2624

                              #15
                              I should point out I don't live in the states either...
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                              • marzzo
                                Confirmed User
                                • May 2002
                                • 2134

                                #16
                                Maybe it's time to talk to a lawyer.
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                                • V_RocKs
                                  Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                                  • Nov 2003
                                  • 32449

                                  #17
                                  Call her a bitch and do it to her face... See you in jail!

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