5 ms·

This is incorrect. For example, this happens all the time to celebrities. Someone takes their photo in public and sells it to magazines who publish the photo o

• 411111111111111 4y ago
  Bad example for your argument, as these magazines constantly break the law by outright lying and publishing fabricated news stories. It's pretty much their business model to publish fake news. While they'll have to redact the articles later, they've already made their money by that time. While I can't speak for the legality of using photographs from people for profit without their consent, I'm sure that the magazines would still do it, even if it wasn't legal using the same tactics.
  • DoctorOW 4y ago
    There's no law against fake news specifically, just damages to reputation as a result of false claims. The legality of individual photos varies greatly, but overall most of the photos are legal as evidenced by the lack of successful lawsuits on the topic. Lawsuits are easier when you're talking about millionaire/billionaire celebrities.
    • 411111111111111 4y ago
      I wasn't disagreeing with the point, I just felt the urge to be nitpicky and point out that the given example doesn't prove anything. The same excuse the magazines use for the articles would be just as applicable with these pictures, as we thought it was legit transfers directly over to we thought they'd given permission. It's all fine legally as long as the articles are retracted for missinformation What you're thinking of is getting damages/convictions because of the misinformation. That's indeed quiet hard and will require proving that you've actually been harmed, which is extremely challenging, generally speaking.