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Weird Transparent Angel Lady from “In Utero” Cover Also Announces Lawsuit
https://thehardtimes.net/culture/we...y-from-in-utero-cover-also-announces-lawsuit/

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GilmourD said:
Which is fair, he is due money.

But suing the band rather than Geffen for anything less than a couple million is the wrong way to go about it. Album art back then would have been handled by the label and the label made all the real money on the album, so I think he's barking up the wrong tree for too little.
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That could be. I have no idea how such a lawsuit would work, though what you say seems to make sense. If someone called me, I would refer them to some big firm in the city that did that sort of thing.
 
He’s probably suing all three band members, manager, photographer, etc


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GilmourD said:
Which is fair, he is due money.

But suing the band rather than Geffen for anything less than a couple million is the wrong way to go about it. Album art back then would have been handled by the label and the label made all the real money on the album, so I think he's barking up the wrong tree for too little.
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He might be filing a bunch of smaller suits in an attempt to get a bunch of settlements. Individuals might settle for a smaller amount just to save the cost of a trial. But if he sues Geffen records he’s going to have to go to court against UMG’s lawyers and that’s unlikely to work out well.
 
Not that I have any great understanding of copyright law, but I'd guess that in absence of any prior agreements, the photographer owns the copyright to the photo, and the kid owns jack shit.
 
GomezAddams said:
Not that I have any great understanding of copyright law, but I'd guess that in absence of any prior agreements, the photographer owns the copyright to the photo, and the kid owns jack shit.
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Which might be why apparently it is couched in the form of some sort of porn/profiting from porn/trafficking thing.
 
Wouldn't a succesful lawsuit open up a whole can of worms?

For example a picture of a starving African child on the cover of a news magazine that becomes a famous photo. 30 years later, kid survived, emmigrated to the U.S., and now wants money for the photo.

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Jbird said:
Wouldn't a succesful lawsuit open up a whole can of worms?

For example a picture of a starving African child on the cover of a news magazine that becomes a famous photo. 30 years later, kid survived, emmigrated to the U.S., and now wants money for the photo.

:shrug:
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Perfectly logical destination of Capitalism. If the systems mostly favor organizations and individuals which regard profit above all else, that goal or philosophy will permeate everything - I don't see how it couldn't.

It doesn't feel good to the righteous and so on but it just seems like it fits right in whether or not magazine cover photos ever have these sort of cases directly associated with them.


On another note, The Hard Times ... even just the story headlines are award-worthy.
 
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