Gay Couple's Wedding Photo Turned into Attack Ad

[crossfire]

Brian Edwards and Tom Privitere have been Photoshopped into poster-husbands for an antigay campaign mailer.

A married gay couple is outraged after an antigay "hate group" has stolen one of their wedding photos and used it in a political attack ad.Brian Edwards heard about the ad from a friend who sent an iPhone picture after recognizing him and

Comments

[aviv_b]

What vile fuckery. These are real people, not some staged stock footage. And I very much doubt this falls under fair use. I hope an attorney helps them go after The Public Advocate for damages.

[sesmo]

Damn, now I want to volunteer to help them out.

Step one is to register the copyright. Step two is to sue these fuckers into oblivion.

[aviv_b]

I'm hoping someone from Lamba Legal or even the Southern Poverty Law Center might step up to help. SPLC has been very successful in, as you say, suing hate groups into oblivion.

[macabremeltdown]

The Post reports that the Public Advocate refuses to apologize and claims that even though the photo is copyright protected, it can do with it as it pleases...

Um, no.

[myrrhmade]

Fucking disgusting, how dare they.

[darth_eldritch]

Fuck this shit. "Family values" my ass.

[nitasee]

he Public Advocate refuses to apologize and claims that even though the photo is copyright protected, it can do with it as it pleases

They say that now. But, will they crow a different tune if the couple sues them for copyright infringement. Which I hope to hell they do.

[iolarah]

Which I hope to hell they do Me too; the couple -and- the photographer should.

[mirhanda]

I don't think the couple can sue for copyright violation, but the photographer could. They might be able to sue because they didn't release the use of their likeness.