PD: Indians' Grady Sizemore starts legal action against racy photos on Web site
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Actually, someone lawyerize this: Did Deadspin do anything wrong from a legal standpoint, and can they be forced to take the pictures down?
Steel Nick
Too late now, the pics are all over the internet, and easily copyable.
Question is why do so many of the pictures show Grady appearing to be coming out of a closet? LOL. He should just chalk it up to experience that you should never send nude photos of yourself over the internet you don’t want everyone else to see. They always get out sooner or later especially if you are famous.
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by PatBordersHelmet on Nov 30, 2009 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
My understanding is that because he made the photographs, he holds their copyright.
Enforcing those rights against legitimate news outlets would seem to be easy, quick, and cheap – attorney boilerplate would likely suffice.
Expunging the images from the internet? Yeah, good luck with that.
by Seattle Tribe Fan on Nov 30, 2009 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
Given how many people I already know who have saved them to their hard drives, these aren’t going away any time soon.
Givenhow many peopleI alreadyknow whohave saved them to their hard drives, these aren’t going away any time soon.
I bet Sizemore is looking forward to seeing those pics plastered on his locker
on the first day of spring training as a prank by his team mates.
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by Nat on Dec 1, 2009 8:32 AM EST up reply actions
I saved none, but I’m thinking about going back and snagging this one for future use.
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Here’s my problem: I can’t look for Grady Sizemore pictures for a long time now! I don’t want to see the pictures. I just don’t. But I like other pictures of Grady, with clothes on. Now I won’t be able to find those without first seeing these pictures. Luckily I think I have saved quite a few Grady pictures already.
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if grady had access to pictures of you?
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by Ryan Kelsey on Nov 30, 2009 8:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Guess his girlfriend likes a little honey in her tea?
by mcrose on Nov 30, 2009 7:35 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I really wish I didn’t see that picture.
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by Wil Cantrell on Nov 30, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, i’m usually not a huge fan of the dugout, but marteintheUSA is totally credited, as is the 4chan reference. haha
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by Cap'n Snegiryov on Nov 30, 2009 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
Holy crap that’s hilarious
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by Turkmenbashi on Dec 1, 2009 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
Deadspin showing a lot of journalistic class. From the Plain Dealer:
Deadspin.com editor A.J. Daulerio, who posted 15 pictures of Sizemore in various stages of dress and undress Sunday, said he received the photos from two other Web sites, who had already posted the pictures. He said he had no idea where they obtained the pictures….Daulerio said he didn’t think MLB had the power to remove the pictures from deadspin.com. He said he may consider removing them one day, but as for now he’s going to keep the pictures posted because “in my opinion, they’re part of a larger news story.”
A larger news story? Is this tied in with Tiger Woods somehow?
“The Trouble With Journalists” is the larger news story.
A guy taking intimate photos for his girlfriend is not news. No matter how you try to spin it, knowing this information is not in the public interest, even if the public finds it interesting.
by Jay on Nov 30, 2009 11:51 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Didn’t he have groin surgery? I hope it turned out. It was a well maintained groin.
by afh4 on Dec 1, 2009 12:26 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I would be lying if I said that thought didn’t enter my mind.
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if that’s true, then she doesn’t deserve him! i read somewhere that she’s a hopeful reality tv star. hmmm… publicity stunt?
She was on Momma’s Boys. I recognized her immediately. I was confused by his choice.
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Stupid reality show on NBC. To quote Entertainment Weekly on the finale:
The season finale of Momma’s Boys left me with more questions than answers. Why would anyone subject themselves to this kind of torture?
We’ve talked about this silly show before, because I also saw some of it. Anyway, I just looked it up and I think you are mistaken about the identity of Grady’s lady.
I am not. I looked her up when we were having our previous discussion because I even said I wasn’t 100% sure. There was an interview with her talking about her experience on momma’s Boys. Unless he has gotten a new girlfriend then that’s her.
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I apologize. Apparently her playmate look-alike and name-alike Brittany Fuchs was on Momma’s Boys. I swear they look exactly alike in some pictures. The interview I found before must have just said Brittany. She was on deal or No Deal though. And on Girls next Door. And on Kendra Wilkinson’s new show. I swear though I did try to look that information up before I said anything. I did not think it was baseless information.
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I have safe search on and it was still scandalous.
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I didn’t expect to see it. My computer, or Google, was being scandalous.
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What reason do you have to believe that Grady isn’t as superficial as most other very good-looking young men when it comes to girls?
by Jay on Dec 1, 2009 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
Actually I assume he probably is fairly superficial. I was confused at the time because I just was. I don’t have a real reason. I didn’t like her that much. I felt bad for her because the crazy mom was mean to her but I didn’t particularly like her.
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She is a playmate. If she wanted to get famous by spreading around nude pictures, there was a much more direct way of doing that.
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I don’t know what the psychology is behind it, but as someone posing nude for Playboy, maybe she never saw the harm in sending them out to a few people since she’s posed nude in a national publication before.
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I think this is part of what happened, but what I actually think might have happened is that she shared the photos with a friend or two she thought she could trust because seriously, if you had those pictures of Grady Sizemore would you not show your best friend? And then one of the friends turned out to be less trustworthy than expected.
But then again, I mean, I know of a lot of embarrassing pictures that have gotten out on the internet because of hacked e-mail accounts and Sidekicks, so who knows. The official story is also perfectly plausible.
I could see her or her friends talking it in the presence of someone with hacking experience/ability, and knowing a goldmine when he/she sees it, they jumped on it. Somewhere in the midst of what we said is what happened, and that’s too bad.
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by Jay on Dec 2, 2009 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
This reminds me, does anyone know what was up with the screenshot fanshot of video game Victor Martinez?
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by Jay on Dec 3, 2009 1:36 AM EST up reply actions
I have thought about this for a while now and I don’t get it. Over my head.
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I think it’s just supposed to be a racy photo of a celebrity. Like, OMG, Homer let a photo of himself in his underwear get posted to the Internet!
by Jay on Dec 3, 2009 1:37 AM EST up reply actions
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