From the wording it sounds like the “stock agency” owns the photo and therefore can do anything they want with it.
Runner’s World could sue, but what money does Newsweek have left anyway. They are firing their employees left and right. I look forward to that “Magazine” going out of business permanently. Who reads that crap anyway, besides people sitting at the dentist office waiting to get their teeth drilled. I personally read Sports Illustrated at the Dentist’s office.
They also retouched the photo- and eliminated the blue star mom flag.
What? How could it be her fault? She probably released the rights to the image to Runner's World, which, according to this statement, did NOT release it to Newsweak, which, in turn, got it from the photographer. How could any of this be her fault?
Photographers own the copyright on their photographs.
Period.
Typically Photographer/Publisher agreements of this nature are exhaustingly detailed “boilerplate” agreements where each party owns some particularly narrow rights to use of the work product (the photos).
It’s more likely than not (but by no means certain) that the photographer was acting within the rights granted under the contract agreement.
Runners World just wants to make it clear that they aren’t the ones who whored out the pics.
Why is everyone looking at this photo like it is a bad thing? Sarah looks stunning in it. She appears to be in incredible shape and I fail to see a downside to this photo at all. The left is just “wee-weed up” because they have no one that would look that good in running shorts. I don’t think thast any of them run. Maybe Hillary does to the McDonald’s down the street or something.
the photo did appear in the Runner' mag. They hired and paid the photog. for the work. They own it. The photog. had no right to sell it.
This was a sleazy move by Newsweek - but in the long run, it does them the harm it hoped it would do Sarah. People do not like someone treating Sarah like this.
Here's another photo that was in 'Runner's'
Sweet little Trig. What a testament he is to the character of his momma.
I think the whole thing is great. Just another example (as if we need any more) of the snarky depths the Palin haters will go to in their attempts to marginalize her, and in the process making themselves look ridiculous.
CAn anyone say ‘backfire?”
Runners World does many stories on running celebs etc
Did a great one on President Bush marathoner
Another on Gen Petraeus
Even one on Gore
One on Palin was very well done
Been a subscriber since 78
I use that photo on my website, shes a beauty.
http://www.brayincandy.com
Pray for America and Lady Palin
Isn’t it weird that NewsWeak would run a major story about a politician, and not send their own photographer to take a picture, but instead would purchase a stock picture from an agency?
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This is THEFT, and I hope that Newsweak is ruined over it.