Sunday, February 7, 2021

Photo of Meaghan Markle with Male Friend Triggers Lawsuit Against Yahoo in SDNY

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon

BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 25 –  Vicki Conrad shot a photo of Meaghan Markle at a Christmas themed event in 2017; she says it "depicts Ms. Markle and a male friend. Now she has sued Yahoo.

The case has been assigned to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Gregory H. Woods, and Inner City Press is covering it.  

Yahoo re-published Conrad's photo of Markle, "apparently through the process of embedding."

 Yahoo for another photo credited Getty, but did not credit Conrad.   

 Yahoo, owned by Verizon, wants to move to dismiss. Conrad consents to the motion being filed, believing now that "the making the adjudication of the motion will likely advance the ultimate resolution of the case."

The case is Conrad et al v. Yahoo! et al., 20-cv-8638 (Woods)

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