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Which is exactly why I mentioned Bridgeman-Corel, though I admit that's a bit of a legal leap.

I find it terribly amusing how HN consistently jumps on these stories to vent its outrage but the same people don't think independent filmmakers and musicians should be able to control distribution if people want to torrent/stream their stuff.

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Yes, I was agreeing with you, I don't think down-voters read your comment properly.

I really don't think the outrage here on HN or the original post is in any way justified, legally the image may or may not be subject to copyright, but it is clearly of extremely low value. It's actually kind of funny to think the legal system is actually more pragmatic than the commenters here.

> HN consistently jumps on these stories to vent its outrage but the same people don't think independent filmmakers and musicians should be able to control distribution if people want to torrent/stream their stuff.

What makes you think these are the same people?

Just a hunch based on past conversations

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