Posted on 05/17/2004 11:46:52 AM PDT by george wythe
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an international copyright fight over the alleged misuse of videotaped images of truck driver Reginald Denny being pulled to the pavement and beaten during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
The pictures showed several black men pulling the white driver from the cab of his truck, kicking and beating him, then smashing his skull with bricks and a fire extinguisher.
The Denny beating came at the start of riots that erupted when white police officers were acquitted in the earlier beating of black motorist Rodney King.
A Los Angeles couple filmed the scene and others from a helicopter and sold a limited license to broadcast the pictures to NBC's "Today" show. Bob and Marika Tur planned to sell other limited rights to the pictures.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldtribune.com ...
After a complicated trip through the federal court system, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year that the couple could not collect damages for international distribution of the videotape.
I thought this was about yet another lawsuit by the heirs of Martin Luther King Jr.
Have to wonder how many of these news sources that violated the couple's copyright have issued "do not exempt" notices to Free Republic....
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