(August 2, 2010 at 10:55 am)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: Skeptisma,
Then you uphold that people should actively seek out all media where they are represented and tell them "no" or it will be legal to use said media to make money? That is a terrible idea; how can one properly control their image when they are out in public?
*Just to clarify I find GGW and Joe Francis to be sleaze, but they are very smart legally - something they would have to be considering all of the drama surrounding their company. What happened to the girl was unfortunate, and she should not have had to have gone through that, but it was not GGW's fault.
That is exactly my point. Sure, if you want to go around and contact every potential media outlet that may have filmed you that is well-within your rights, but it is not all that reasonable. You can't control everything, that's just the way it is - but what you can control and what you are aware of you should do something about. She knew she was being filmed and she knew her breast had been exposed, if I felt violated in any way because of that I would take action then - and against the appropriate perpetrators. If you allow a camera, for a company that profits in the way that GGW does, to film you in a public area then that is poor judgment.
