In Fight Over Anti-Gay Ad, Misappropriation Claims Are Dismissed
By David Walker
©Kristina Hill
A federal court in Colorado has ruled that the unauthorized use of a gay couple’s engagement photo in a political attack ad was protected by the First Amendment. But the judge in the case rejected a request by defendants to throw out the photographer’s copyright infringement claims on fair use grounds.
Photographer Kristina Hill and her wedding photography clients, Brian Edwards and Thomas Privitere, sued conservative advocacy group Public Advocate of the United States (PAUS) in 2012 for unauthorized use of an engagement photo of Edwards and Privitere in political attack ads.
The ads, showing an image by Hill of Edwards …read more
Via: PDN Pulse
