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Tuesday, 4th March 2008

I guess you're only going to complain if it's this way round:

Despite the fact he has not been part of the opera for several years, a picture of himself naked at the centre of the crowd has been repeatedly used to publicise the production.

The actor, born in Argentina, has contacted the Royal Opera House saying that if they are going to continue using the photo he should receive some form of payment. He has also complained that the image appears to have been distorted so that a certain part of his anatomy appears much smaller than it is in real life.

 

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Austin Barry

March 4th, 2008 10:18pm

The royalty for image use I can understand, but an action for a photo-shopped appendage is unlikely to stand-up in court (boom boom).

Water

March 5th, 2008 8:15am

I guess you could call it sphincterrectal property as opposed to intellectual property.

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