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jakeXT

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Wed Sep 3, 2014, 08:21 AM Sep 2014

Jennifer Lawrence -- Non-Selfie Nude Pics Create Legal Hurdle [View all]

Jennifer Lawrence's fight to get her hacked nude photos removed from the Internet might have hit a legal snag -- the same one Ellen DeGeneres ran into with that famous Oscar selfie.

Sources connected to the investigation tell TMZ ... Lawrence's attorney fired off a letter to a porn website demanding it take down the nude photos of J-Law because she owns the copyright on the pics. We're told the website isn't buying that argument though.

The site's stance is ... since some of the pics are NOT selfies, the person who actually took those photos would most likely hold the copyright. In its response to Lawrence's attorney ... we're told the site is demanding proof of Jennifer's copyright, or the name of the person who snapped the shots.

Ironically, J-Law was prominent in the Oscar selfie -- which became the most retweeted photo ever when Ellen posted it. But as we told you, Bradley Cooper actually owns the shot because he took it.



Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/03/jennifer-lawrence-nude-photos-leak-hacked-copyright/#ixzz3CG5L483v

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Supporting precedent..... msanthrope Sep 2014 #1
How come the monkey takes a better pic than Bradley Cooper? FSogol Sep 2014 #2
Because the monkey has more functioning brain than the average Hollywood actor. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #3
The monkey didn't have to work with several actors to make the picture. Dr. Strange Sep 2014 #9
Does this mean that photos uploaded to FB still belong to (are owned by) the person who took them? Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #4
I think when you join Facebook you cede copyright of uploaded photos to Facebook. Kablooie Sep 2014 #12
Yes, the person that took them still has copyright mathematic Sep 2014 #15
Thank you. Good to know. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #16
Websites should have to have signed release forms frazzled Sep 2014 #5
Upton is the niece of a Congressman, I wonder if that will influence things jakeXT Sep 2014 #7
The Constitution doesn't have an explicit protection of privacy. Kablooie Sep 2014 #13
It isn't a constitutional privacy issue - Ms. Toad Sep 2014 #17
So someone who wants to post a picture of their cat on DU Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #10
Releases aren't required for cats. Ms. Toad Sep 2014 #18
TMZ is just utterly worthless mythology Sep 2014 #6
What does TMZ have to do with it? LisaL Sep 2014 #8
What if the camera is owned by someone other than the photographer? Kablooie Sep 2014 #11
If you are involved with the setup there could be something, but not everything jakeXT Sep 2014 #14
Does she really believe she can get these pictures complely wiped from the internet? davidn3600 Sep 2014 #19
The issue isn't really whether she has a right to have them taken down (she does) Ms. Toad Sep 2014 #20
My sympathies are with the actress fadedrose Sep 2014 #21
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