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- Ad designed by the agency, [http: //www.hostville.com.au/ Host]
- Part of the campaign, "Are you with us or what"
- Chang was 15 at the time the photo was taken
- Ad text implied that she was a loser who could be 'dumped' after getting a cell phone
- Flickr prohibits commercial use of posted photos
- Virgin allegedly appropriated more than 100 other "user generated" photos
- Lawrence Lessig has commented on the case, in Chang's favor
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On September 19, 2007, the family of Texas teenager Alison Chang filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Dallas alleging that Virgin Mobile Australia illegally used a photo of Chang that had been taken from a Flickr archive.
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The Controversy
The photo of Chang appeared, cropped and reversed, in billboards and other advertisements with the slogan, "Dump your pen friend." The family claims that the ad caused embarrassment, and that the photo was taken by a youth counselor, Justin Ho-Wee Wong, while Chang was attending a Christian camp in Australia. The family is suing Virgin Mobile USA, Virgin Mobile Australia and Creative Commons, which licenses Flickr content. -
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Alison Chang Questions
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If you could change one thing about the world ,what will it be? 4 AnswersNice question ! I would remove all the useless conflicts which are based on religious miss-communications ( wrong translations, interpretations etc. ) Why is ... read more -
How has the internet changed society? 1 AnswerI think the Internet has changed society in a good way and in a bad way. A good way I can think of is that, the Internet allows their users to communicate with ... read more
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What are the proposed changes for Mark to Market regulation? 1 AnswerThey eased up on the guidelines of what the value of the investments are that a bank is holding. The trouble stemmed from the problem of banks with mortgages on... read more
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Desperate homeowners find mortgage relief elusive: (Hyoung Chang | The Denver Post ) Alison Myers of Evergreen .. http://bit.ly/5leWuA
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Desperate homeowners find mortgage relief elusive: (Hyoung Chang | The Denver Post ) Alison Myers of Evergreen .. http://bit.ly/5leWuA
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