"Los Angeles photographer claims the makers of movie Iron Man illegally used one of his photos in the summer blockbuster as part of a mock newspaper front page.

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The photo appears in a scene in which the lead character, Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr., reads a newspaper front page that says "Who is the Iron Man?" The photo on the front of the newspaper is nearly identical to the one Adams claims is his, with the only obvious difference being the missing watermark."

http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003818326

Robert M. Teague

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The quote under Adams photo.

"Adams says he took the photograph from a parking structure during the making of the movie."

So my thinking is Adams was not supposed to be in the parking structure so he must have been there against the wishes of the film maker. So Adams made the image illegally.

Now he wants his day in court complaining that the film maker, who may or may not have made an image from the same vantage point, violated his rights. Doesn't the film maker have rights here also?

Hmm, based on what I read in the article, I would say Adams is one lucky guy if he is not charged with tresspassing or worse.

I am not a lawyer but if I were on a Jury, Adams would have a tough road to convence me he was wronged.

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