family of down syndrome boy used in meme generator files lawsuit

[brainhulk]

http://gma.yahoo.com/family-sues-ov...istic-son-105318058--abc-news-topstories.html

I think it's unfortunate the kid is being made fun of. It will be interesting to see if the family wins.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Who is really liable? I read the article, but I don't know the background of the meme.

 

[BrokenVisage]

meh, it happens..

 

[Broheim]

I cannot not laugh when i see that picture... I'm probably going to hell if there were such a place, which there isn't.

 

[Slew Foot]

but can he count to potato?

 

[JM Aggie08]

I cannot not laugh when i see that picture... I'm probably going to hell if there were such a place, which there isn't.

Did throwing that in there make you feel better? Lol.

 

[MrDudeMan]

I cannot not laugh when i see that picture... I'm probably going to hell if there were such a place, which there isn't.

A completely pointless thing to say

 

[JTsyo]

Who is really liable? I read the article, but I don't know the background of the meme.

Cox Media Group. They used his image without permission for commercial purpose.

 

[sixone]

I hope they win. Cox will probably pay to make it go away.

 

[tcsenter]

That kids photo has been making the rounds for like three or four years now (usually with the caption "I got a boner!")

 

[shortylickens]

 

[Mixolydian]

but can he count to potato?

That is the important question. :hmm:

 

[techs]

The girl in the girlfriend meme that's all over reddit has turned herself into an industry and has made a ton of money off it.

 

[SheHateMe]

The parents should have known that once you put a photo on the internet.....especially one of your mentally challenged child.....it belongs to the internet.

 

[bigpimpatl]

The parents should have known that once you put a photo on the internet.....especially one of your mentally challenged child.....it belongs to the internet.

ya do we know how the photo originally got posted? if it's on facebook then it's pretty much fair game for the rest of the world.

 

[Kelvrick]

Hmm, that meme wasn't very big. If it was the parents of the kid in the "arguing on the internet" meme, they'd have something to gripe about.

 

[MisterJackson]

I'll bet he can count to settlement soon.

 

[Mixolydian]

The Hollands say posting these "unauthorized, deceptive, false, misleading and defamatory images of Adam Holland were intentional, deliberate and malicious," causing "severe mental anguish and emotional distress with manifestations that impact their daily lives and routines, humiliation, embarrassment, fear, and other non-economic damages and also their economic damages."

Oh please.

 

[Mermaidman]

The radio station used the photo for commercial purposes. Is that the basis of the lawsuit? (Same for the meme-generator website.)

 

[Corporate Thug]

I hope they win. Cox will probably pay to make it go away.

Normally I would agree that the big corp would settle as a business descion but this one has far reaching implications. I think they are essentially opening the flood gates for these kinds of suits if they settle.

 

[Corporate Thug]

The girl in the girlfriend meme that's all over reddit has turned herself into an industry and has made a ton of money off it.

link to meme?

 

[KaOTiK]

but can he count to potato?

He is only up to carrot right now

 

[mnewsham]

Picture

Oh if there is a hell I surely earned my ticket after that.

 

[Mermaidman]

but can he count to potato?

He is only up to carrot right now

Carrot comes AFTER potato.

 

[CPA]

Oh please.

I'm trying to understand their economic damage here. While it's mean, can you sue and win money because someone was being mean-spirited?