08-21-2003, 09:07 AM
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Originally posted by Flow
Let me elaborate on this one a bit....
First allow me to quote something from Stanford Law School library on the subject...
"Fair use is a copyright principle based on the belief that the public is entitled to freely use portions of copyrighted materials forpurposes of commentary and criticism. For example, if you wish to criticize a novelist, you should have the freedom to quote a portion of the novelist's work without asking permission. Absent this freedom, copyright owners could stifle any negative comments about their work."
With that in mind, think of Mr. Skin - one of the few legal celebrity web sites on the net. Not only can you find 1000s of pictures and videos of nude celebs on their site, but tons of movie reviews and nudity in movies reviews as well. Using the "Fair Use" concept, this is completely legal because they are offering reviews of the materials they are presenting.
Think of the TV show "Entertainment Tonight." They are always showing clicks of up and coming movies. Or that one show where the the two guys review movies together. They always show clicks of movies and the either give them a good review or bad review. Do you think the Studio that produced "Gigli" would allow people to tear their movie apart they way they have if it were not for this fair act clause.
Nude celeb sites can be legal if reviews of the movies that you are borrowing the material from is included. Think of it as Entertainment Tonight buy only showing the naked parts of the movies.
Most celebrities love it - free press. Most studios love it as well being as if you see some nude photos of actress XYZ on Mr Skin, you are that much more likely to go see the movie or rent the DVD. How many people here saw "Swordfish" or "Monster's Ball" because you heard that Halle Berry got naked in them. Heck, Halle even said on the MTV movie awards that if you want to see her tits, you have to go see her movie. This is why many studios offer the guys that run Mr. Skin nudity in films clicks and pics not even in the theatres yet and that is why Celeb Sites are not as bad as they are made out to be.
The only draw back is once in a blue moon, a celeb finds God or something and gets mad about her nude photos being on the Internet. But if you run a celeb site and get notice to remove her name and pictures from your site and you do - you are in the cool.
The other huge no-no is using photos from magazines (any of them).
Flow
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Dude, your hired 
I would only add, we rarely honor request of stars to take their pics down and when we do it is for a good reason  |
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