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Ashley Greene nude pictures - who owns the copyright?
Seattle, WA
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Posted 4 months ago in Copyright Infringement
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Ashley Greene nude pictures recently leaked on the Internet. She is a Hollywood actress, from the movie "Twilight" if you haven't heard of her. The famous blogger Perez Hilton hosted the Ashley Greene nude pictures, but then took them down saying Ashley Greene was the copyright owner and therefore only she had a right to show them..
But how is Ashley Greene the copyright owner of the photos? Unless she hired a professional photographer to take the pictures (which I doubt) then wouldn't the photographer be the copyright owner of the nude photos, not Ashley Greene? - Is this your question? Add additional information Answers (2)
Pamela Koslyn
This attorney is licensed in California.
Posted 4 months ago.
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The photographer owns the copyright to the photos, whether they were a professional or not. That photographer may have sold the copyrights to her, however. At any rate, this actress has privacy rights (as well as publicity rights, potentially) to them and could prevent their public use on that ground.
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Laura Mcfarland-Taylor
This attorney is licensed in Illinois.
Posted 3 months ago.
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Ms. Koslyn is correct - the photographer owns the copyright unless he or she sold those rights. As pointed out, however, Ms. Greene does have other rights that would potentially be violated by the posting of these photographs.
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