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Dallas lawsuit: Flickr photo cause headaches for ad execs, Virgin

Just in case you needed one more example of litigious stupidity, here it is. It seems that a Dallas family has filed suit against the Australian, Virgin Mobile communications company over the allegedly improper use of a photo gleaned from the Flikr photo sharing site, as reported by Associated Press. That's "photo sharing" as in, here's my picture to look at and use.

Stupid part one is that the advertising company that created the visual advertising mechanisms which are allegedly making questionable use of a girl's photo should have a general idea about what materials they're using, where they came from and what conditions surround those materials, such as rights and restrictions. They still teach about copyright in advertising school right? Just in case they don't, Flickr has a really understandable explanation of creative commons license right there on its site. It's by the photos. Advertising guys from Australia should probably read that.

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