Apparently Paris Hilton just settled her lawsuit over the video of her and she will be receiving a % of online sales, legal fees, etc. The internet has provided a lot of people the opportunity to distribute material which was shot for personal use or shot without the knowlege of those pictured. I don't see how it is legally workable for some random club kid or stockbroker or whatever Rick Saloman is to video someone without their knowing it and with no model release and no documentation of proof of age etc. and then sell it. In this case, that may mean that the whole thing was a setup and she knew the whole time. Or maybe not.
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