In a message dated 3/12/01 3:01:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, steve.rogerson@mcr1.poptel.org.uk writes:
<< There was a fuss at Deliverance in 1998 when Sally Knyvette got upset with a dealer selling photos of her. She insisted the dealer tear up the photos she had, which the dealer did. These were photos taken at another convention. The dealer tore up the photos for a quiet time, but she was under no legal obligation to do so as Sally had no rights to those pictures. >>
This is very strange. I would think that Sally would be aware of the copyright laws and also that she would have seen photos of herself for sale at conventions before. I know that Laura Peck here in the US and also Linda Terrell used to take a lot of photos at the various conventions specifically for resale to the fans. In fact, a number of conventions basically "hired" them to do so and to provide copies for sale to the fans. Unless Sally had a contract at whatever convention the pictures were taken at that there would be no photography allowed she would, as you say, have no right to complain about the photos taken at a public event. Are you certain that was all there was to the story? Maybe the photos were bootlegs of ones that Sally herself did own a piece of (through a deal with the actual photographer or something similar)? I've seen THAT happen at conventions where a celebrity finds a dealer selling photos of them and it turns out that the celebrity DID own the copyright and the dealer (or their supplier) was bootlegging them.
Annie