It was KTVU, Oakland. The story ran in PDN Photo District News. Try that. Steve Shapiro sgshiya@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: <dave6134@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:22 AM Subject: Re: Gallery of 2004-06-05 Copyright issues > At 12:06 PM 6/14/2004 +0100, you wrote: > ><<<An interesting story. Some of the particulars seem a little odd. I couldn't > >s*ght any mention in Google. >>> > > > >>I can find absolutely no trace of this story. I even looked on an Urban > >>Legend page to see if it was there. > > >>Bob > > The story is a fantasy. > > The TV station KUTV is in Utah and is owned by CBS, not in California nor > owned by Rupert Murdock. > > The 82 million settlement is ridiculous as is the photographer not being > allowed to settle out of court for a lessor amount. > > The name of the photographer not being "released" is bogus because the > legal action would be a matter of public record. > > The amount of 82 million dollars awarded in a tort case involving a > copyright dispute would have been newsworthy world wide. > > The story as posted to this list makes a good read and should give any > photographer a warm and fuzzy feeling... for about five minutes. > > Dave > East Englewood > ------------------------------ > Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and > he'll be warm for the rest of his life. > - Terry Pratchet > > > >
