This is quite disturbing.
http://news.yahoo.com/nj-mom-sues-over-breast-feeding-video-turned-220008832.html
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yea i read that this am... poor woman.
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I just read that.....how horrible....especially since she just made that video to help other mom's.
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That is just awful. I can't even imagine.
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Goes to show you can't put your boobs on the internet, no matter what.
And that you DON'T sign stuff without reading it. So...she was kinda asking for it, in that vein.
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Oh my goodness, that's so terrible. And the fact that her baby daughter now has that linked to her name!
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ugh what a sick world we live in. I feel so awful for her. I couldn't imagine going through that. And to think her baby is a part of it! That's awful.
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What a slithery, slimy thing to do by that producer.
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@blackbird: She trusted someone she shouldn't have... but I don't know if I'd say she was kinda asking for it!!
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This is really awful that she is going through this. And someone took terrible advantage of her. But I would NEVER sign something I didn't read. Particularly a contract with people who have images of my breasts. I wouldn't say she was "asking for it" but she definitely acted very irresponsibly.
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@MamaMoose: I'm not sure a contract would have protected her?
Even if she had an ironclad contract with the people who filmed her video, there would be nothing to stop an adult production shop from stealing the video off of the web and using them in a similar way (other than copyright laws, which are easily circumvented by operating offshore).
At the end of the day, by agreeing to make the videos, she opened herself up to this type of abuse. That's the risk she took when she decided to help other moms. I think it was a noble thing to do, but a contract wouldn't have offered her much protection. Only not shooting the video at all would have fully protected her...
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@mrbee: I'm looking at it less from the perspective of a contract protecting her and more from the perspective that she signed a contract that gave away her rights. From the article is sounds like she signed away all rights to the use of her image and her name, so in a situation like this I think it will be difficult for her to find a leg to stand on. But you're right, there is no way she could have fully protected herself except by not shooting the footage in the first place.
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Ugh, disgusting. They could have, at least, left her and her daughter's name off of it.
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Eh, she said she signed the document without reading it. That's "asking" for trouble, in my opinion. Quite possibly the stupidest thing you can put your name to is something you aren't well versed in. You simply can't trust other people at the end of the day to have your best interests at heart!
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@blackbird: I think saying that she was "asking" for it is a bit harsh. I doubt anyone would think that helping a company producing a breastfeeding video would lead to porn. That said, it is a very stupid mistake to not read what you sign, especially when it involves media rights and your breasts.
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I hope she wins big time.
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So what is it that she signed exactly? A release to use her and her daughter's name with her video?
What I am missing is how the video got spliced into porn videos...
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