Originally posted by DinoDoc
The couple doesn't have any standing to bring the suit especially over privacy. They lost control over the image when they allowed the paper to publish it. In this case the paper is the only one that could bring suit. The entire exercise is a waste of the courts time.
The couple doesn't have any standing to bring the suit especially over privacy. They lost control over the image when they allowed the paper to publish it. In this case the paper is the only one that could bring suit. The entire exercise is a waste of the courts time.
A judge just issued a restraining order in the couple's favor against USANext. That strongly implies that he sees legal merit in their case.
And use of the couple's image is grounds for libel, as it used them against their will as "spokesmen" for a campaign which was both slanderous and repugnant to them. Having their photo published in the Tribune doesn't give people the right to use the photo as they see fit.
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