Whole Network Affiliates Industry Info Marketing mobile SEO sponsored post

 

Yahoo, accused of stealing a photo

Filed in archive Industry by noel on March 3, 2007

Yahoo, accused of stealing a photo
Shannon Stovall, a resident of Ohio's Cuyahoga County, alleged in a court complaint that Yahoo embedded his photo in a welcome e-mail being sent to new users. In said complaint Stovall demands $20 million from Yahoo for allegedly using her photo without consent. Ten million dollars is asked by Stovall to compensate for profits that have been allegedly generated by use of her likeness, and another ten million to cover attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.

Stovall said she discovered the photo taken of her upon signing up for Yahoo's Web-based e-mail service last October. The message has this headline: "Hooray! Your first e-mail." The headline was complemented by a photo of 2 women - one of which, according to Stovall, was her.

The complaint also charges that the photo has been sent to millions of Yahoo users around the globe without Stovall's consent thus violating her right to privacy and right to publicity, which include but not limited to the control over the commercial use of her identity.

When asked to comment about the complaint, a Yahoo representative said that the company is not allowed to comment on "specifics related to legal cases." It can be recalled that Tom Brady, new england patriotslinks quarterback, also lodged similar complaint against Yahoo in December. He alleged that company used a photo of him from the September 2006 issue of Sports Illustrated without his consent.






Permalink: Yahoo, accused of stealing a photo
Tags: Yahoos+webbased+email+service  Yahoo  email  webbased+email+service    yahoo  search+engine  link+building 

Trackback: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/56285

Related Entries:

Did Yahoo betray her husband? - 17 March 2007

Email Address Choices - 17 April 2007

Gmail the best email service - 02 July 2007

Top 10 Free Email Services - 17 July 2007





RSSrss   | See all blog subscribe options
Google google   |   What is RSS?
Yahoo! yahoo
Addthis Subscribe using any feed reader!
Bloglines Bloglines
Newsletter
Grouptivity

Use the search to look for other interesting posts



 
  • Advertise with us

  • Learn more about our advertising options or email advertising - at - creative-weblogging.com or give us a call at +1 (650) 331 4900.
  • Marketplace

  • Check weknowdomains.org and get information and stats about pretty much any domain ever registered.


. Paradise Philippines Paradise Philippines fakepenalty

  • Other blogs in the same channel in the Creative Weblogging Network







 

Tagcloud: adsense Affiliates Directories google Industry Info Link Building Live Search Marketing mobile News Page Rank PPC Publishing Search Engine News semantic web SEO SEO Tips social networks sponsored post Traffic Building Twitter Using Search Engines web promotion Wikia Search Yahoo