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Virgin Mobile of Australia featured a picture of 16 year-old Alison Chang on bus stops throughout Australia as part of their "Are You With Us Or What" wireless service campaign. The thing is, neither she nor her youth group counselor, who took and posted the photo, gave Virgin permission to use the picture. What's more, the ad contains what Chang and her family feel are defamatory statements not only about her virginity but also about her race. Oops!
The ad's caption, "Dump Your Pen Friend", is a sideways remark about her race, while "Free Text Virgin to Virgin" makes certain assumptions about her sexual activities (or lack thereof). Chang and her family aren't too happy about the campaign and are going after Virgin Mobile for damages.
From The Inquirer via Fark
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsEpterSep 26th 2007 1:56AM
"I am a photographer and let me just say right now that I am soooo frusterated and peeved by dishonest jerks who steal other people's artwork (yes, photography is something you create, it IS an art)"
Dear Lara,
As a photographer I could not agree more. However, in this case the photo was licensed under CC license that allowed even commercial use. I have shared a few of my photos with this kind of licenses as well.
I guess someone just didn't bother to read the oh-so-annoying small print when uploading the pictures in internet. Let this be a lesson and forget suing everyone. Especially suing CC sound incredibly dumb, but hey, it's USA and I guess they smell money already...
KrysiaOct 14th 2007 6:38PM
That poor girl. Unfortunately, this isn't the first time this has happened (and probably not the last). I think that photo-hosting sites need to take greater measures to ensure that their users' privacy is protected, especially if they are underaged.