Yep, that's the section that pays the bills! It's always fun to see who picks up on the Code.

I think you'd probably have a good argument on those grounds too (against the photographers' claims), but I wouldn't really want to have to rely on an affirmative defense if I was a college kid with shallow pockets. Depending on the laws in the relevant jurisdiction the subjects themselves might have a pretty good…

I'm such a lawyer. My mind immediately jumped to wondering whether or not they used stock photos for the racist costumes or otherwise secured the IP rights to use the images. If not, I wonder what the damages would be for appropriating them in an ad campaign that calls the subject racist.

Happy to. I was pretty well acquainted with both him and his sister Emily (discussed in threads above as the female relative taking him to task on his FB wall). He was always sort of a happy-go-lucky sort and hung out with the popular-ish smart kids. Bit of a clownish streak, but not much worse than most other high…

Based on his prior postings I don't get the impression that he was headed toward a high-flying career in any event.

To everyone remarking that this article is "childish" and that "little boys" just don't understand how girls work, I'd like to point out that I graduated high school with this guy ten years ago.