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Manhattan judge says photographer can distribute Russian tennis player's topless pictures
Newsday.com ^
| July 19, 2005, 8:07 PM EDT
| Larry Neumeister
Posted on 07/20/2005 12:53:29 PM PDT by Ignatz
NEW YORK -- A Russian tennis player and French Open winner cannot stop a New York photographer from distributing topless pictures taken of her during a magazine photo session in the summer of 2002, a federal judge says.
Anastasia Myskina was 20 years old when the photographs were taken by Mark Seliger, according to facts outlined in a written decision by U.S. District Judge Michael Mukasey in Manhattan.
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To: GunnyHartman
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:04:00 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(My train of thought is still boarding at the station.)
To: GunnyHartman
OK...so how much do we have to pay Seliger to not publish them. ;)
22
posted on
07/20/2005 1:04:26 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Some people are like gravy, spilled on God's Sunday shirt..." -- Spock's Beard)
To: Ignatz
23
posted on
07/20/2005 1:04:29 PM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: TheBigB
Very high disappointment factor here. Very high
24
posted on
07/20/2005 1:04:38 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America)
To: GunnyHartman
Close enough, Gunny ~ Thanks! :)
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:04:43 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: Fierce Allegiance
It's the the headline, isn't it? I knew it. ;o)
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:05:54 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(My train of thought is still boarding at the station.)
To: TheBigB
27
posted on
07/20/2005 1:06:27 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America)
To: Fierce Allegiance
28
posted on
07/20/2005 1:07:17 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(My train of thought is still boarding at the station.)
To: TommyDale
She's breathtaking.
Skinny for sure, but a radiant beauty.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:07:33 PM PDT
by
SBprone
To: TheBigB
Eye wash:
30
posted on
07/20/2005 1:07:53 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America)
To: martin_fierro; Fierce Allegiance; TheBigB
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:08:22 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(I am the Sultan of Oom-Papa-Mow-Mow.)
To: GunnyHartman
The topless shot with all the makeup just destroys her looks. Without all that schlock makeup and lighting and goofy posing she is a major babe.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:10:26 PM PDT
by
SBprone
To: Fierce Allegiance
Anna, on the other hand, looks better with makeup.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:11:37 PM PDT
by
SBprone
To: SBprone
Anna, on the other hand, looks better with makeup period.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:12:57 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America)
To: highball; July 4th
She should have better representation at the time, to be sure, but the fact that the confusing written agreement was in clear conflict with the very simple verbal agreement ought to tell us something about her intentions.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:13:49 PM PDT
by
Ignatz
(Gravity: It's not just a good idea, it's the law.)
To: highball
She appears to have been taken advantage of, signing an agreement in a foreign language that contradicted the clear verbal agreement. She should have better representation at the time, to be sure, but the fact that the confusing written agreement was in clear conflict with the very simple verbal agreement ought to tell us something about her intentions. Letter of the law over its spirit. I'm also not sure that the photographer's agreeing to a verbal contract that contradicts the written one isn't fraud. It's pretty well-established law that written contracts supercede and void any verbal ones. Taking the terms of an agreement someone signed over the terms claimed in a verbal agreement is a no brainer.
A verbal contract is not worth the paper it's printed on.
SD
To: SBprone
She looks like Cher, BEFORE all the plastic surgery to fix the ugly. I don't conder that "breathtaking", more like "upchucking".
To: SoothingDave
I'm not really disagreeing with you. I believe in laws. I'm just not sure that she wasn't taken advantage of due to her language problem. The judge didn't think so, but I don't always trust their, um, judgment.
If she was assured that the pictures could only be used for one purpose, and that is admitted by all parties, I'd call it a "verbal rider" to the written contract. Don't think I'm somehow advocating an overthrow of contract law with that statement.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:25:21 PM PDT
by
highball
("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
To: highball
I'm not really disagreeing with you. I believe in laws. I'm just not sure that she wasn't taken advantage of due to her language problem. I'm sure that was part of the problem, but that's not really an excuse. She's 20 years old, right? That's old enough that she should know what she is signing and should know that written contracts rule. Most even explicitly state that they contain the entire agreement and there are no verbal or side agreements.
If she isn't smart enough to know these things, someone in her employ should be.
(Personally, I think GQ should never use someone like this, if this is how he handles their assignments.)
SD
To: SoothingDave
If she isn't smart enough to know these things, someone in her employ should be. Exactly. That's why I said she should have had better representation - at the very least, her agent or manager should have either reviewed the contract or referred it to someone familiar with the language. I'm surprised that a professional athlete wouldn't have somebody like that with her at the shoot.
(Personally, I think GQ should never use someone like this, if this is how he handles their assignments.)
Also agreed. The photog may be technically correct on the legality, but there was at the very least an intent to mislead her. Pretty slimy.
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posted on
07/20/2005 1:32:13 PM PDT
by
highball
("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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