[weegee]

The lefties at Snopes post the image. May ask Corbis if they are paying for the image. I am using a limited computer at a hotel; it does not permit me to view HTML source or right click on images so I cannot verify where they are hosting the image. They also have a separate post that has the hoaxed image.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/kerry.asp

[fuzlim]

When a photographer takes a picture, the photographer owns that image for as long as it exists.

Even if I were to commission a photographer to take a picture of my face, I could never own the picture, nor the rights to reproduce it.

This is just very normal copyright law. If you dont' like copyright, just say so.