Is nothing sacred? Court orders Hustler to nix naked pix of Chris Benoit’s wife.

[MCWAY]

In one of the few items NOT related to the death of the entertainment phenom, known as Michael Jackson, a federal court has REVERSED a lower court ruling, ordering the porn magazine Hustler, to cease publishing naked photos of Nancy Benoit, the slain wife of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who reportedly killed her and their son before ending his own life.

Now, this is just beyond the pale to me. The woman has been killed. Why would someone do something as tacky as this, other than the greed and lust for the greenback?





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 ATLANTA —  A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Hustler Magazine didn't have the right to publish decades-old nude photographs of the wife of wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed the woman and his young son before committing suicide two years ago.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling found that a notorious death doesn't give publishers a blank check to publish any images they wish — including those not linked to a newsworthy event. Such a policy, the court warned, would mean that the entire life of any victim of a notorious slaying would instantly be open to public scrutiny.

Nancy Benoit's family filed a federal lawsuit against the Larry Flynt Publishing Group last year after the magazine published the photos of Benoit's wife. The lawsuit claims that the woman, a model and former professional wrestler herself, had asked the photographer to destroy the images immediately after they were shot about 20 years ago......

In reversing the decision Thursday, the three-judge panel ruled that while Benoit's death may be newsworthy, her nude photographs were not. It noted the article, which advertised "long-lost images of wrestler Chris Benoit's doomed wife," was brief and made only scant mention of her desire to become a model.

"These private, nude photographs were not incident to a newsworthy article; rather, the brief biography was incident to the photographs," Judge Charles Wilson wrote in the opinion.

The family's plight gained international attention after the wrestler, his wife and their son were found dead in their suburban Atlanta home. Police said Benoit, then a wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment, strangled his wife and son and then hanged himself.



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[SAMSON123]

You have answered your own question, when you said

"Why would someone do something as tacky as this, other than the greed and lust for the greenback?"

There is your answer... right there in your question. I posted a thread about how Burger King used a picture of a woman eating a BBQ steak sandwich, which was photographed in a very provacative manner suggesting she was getting a BLOW JOB!!! http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=287295.0 Once again as your question answered, why would someone do this other than for greed and greenbacks. The same lack of "sacredness" is why politicians sell out the masses for the sake of a couple hundred thousand dollars in kickbacks/lobbyist for the sake of passing laws, gaining control/power, for the sake of having their way etc etc etc. Same way america's president has provided bailouts for companies tha have FAILED anyway...rest assured he has received MASSIVE kickbacks for giving away TRILLIONS of dollars of taxpayer money.

[Hereford]

Women in porn are just meat.

As long as she was alive and kicking when the pics were taken, it's all good.

[Hedgehog]

It's not her pics, unless she bought the rights to them.

It's the photographer who owns the right to the pics usually.

Most people in the media industry will tell you this.

So if she once signed up and did porn pics, then that is what she did.

Those pics aren't hers.

Just like pics taken by Chris Lund of Ronnie aren't Ronnies, but rather Chris Lund's.

My point is, She was paid to do those pics, now whoever owns these pics are able to do whatever with them.

And for a court to rule that they can't - is just Fascist.

[Hugo Chavez]

You have answered your own question, when you said
There is your answer... right there in your question. I posted a thread about how Burger King used a picture of a woman eating a BBQ steak sandwich, which was photographed in a very provacative manner suggesting she was getting a BLOW JOB!!! http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=287295.0 Once again as your question answered, why would someone do this other than for greed and greenbacks. The same lack of "sacredness" is why politicians sell out the masses for the sake of a couple hundred thousand dollars in kickbacks/lobbyist for the sake of passing laws, gaining control/power, for the sake of having their way etc etc etc. Same way america's president has provided bailouts for companies tha have FAILED anyway...rest assured he has received MASSIVE kickbacks for giving away TRILLIONS of dollars of taxpayer money.

I would have never guessed you were such rightwinger.  Keep it up, it's much more fitting for you.

[Hugo Chavez]

It's not her pics, unless she bought the rights to them.

It's the photographer who owns the right to the pics usually.

Most people in the media industry will tell you this.

So if she once signed up and did porn pics, then that is what she did.

Those pics aren't hers.

Just like pics taken by Chris Lund of Ronnie aren't Ronnies, but rather Chris Lund's.

My point is, She was paid to do those pics, now whoever owns these pics are able to do whatever with them.

And for a court to rule that they can't - is just Fascist.

perfect post.

[SAMSON123]

I would have never guessed you were such rightwinger.  Keep it up, it's much more fitting for you.

I would bet you would never guess what i think of you Hugo??? But keep your comments coming it always solidifies and confirms that my opinions are correct.

[Hereford]

I would have never guessed you were such rightwinger.  Keep it up, it's much more fitting for you.

Nope, he's your boy, you get to keep him.