Clinton Foundation Denies Use of Clinton Photo
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James Joyner | Monday, March 5, 2007 |
Bob Novak reports that “The nonprofit Clinton Foundation denied conservative writer R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. permission to use in his new book a photograph taken last year of the Clinton-baiting editor of the American Spectator with the former president at Clinton’s 60th birthday party in Toronto.”
How in the world can a public figure deny someone the use of a photograph someone else owns?
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How in the world can a public figure deny someone the use of a photograph someone else owns?
Novak doesn't get into the contract betweeen Mungal and the Clinton Foundation. It is quite common at these events for the sponsor to hire a photographer simply to take the photo while the sponsor maintains some rights over the photograph.
I recently hired a photographer for a private benefit party and the contract--provided by the photographer, in this case--clearly gave my organization ownership of the images taken during the benefit. It wasn't even something we thought of, to be quite honest. The photographer told us it is a pretty standard contract.
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