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Originally Posted by NashvilleDiva_83
That is a good point... However they have to take it seriously so that other people dont use their likeness without permission
I still think the use was a direct insult to the company and it did cheapen the image...
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Sometimes in life we have to pick our battles. This was one of those times when they should have just turned a blind eye.
It's the same with the insurance claim and Walmart. Do you remember that? The woman is terminally ill and her husband has even divorced her so that the state would take care of her because they had gone through all of their life savings. So Walmart sees that she has won a previous lawsuit against the offending party and they are coming back demanding what she got from them as compensation. In the meantime, it has all gone to hospital, doctor and hospice care.
Walmart filed suit (because it was in their right - legally) but then backed down when people started causing such a ruckus over it.
Legally, they had the right to go after her for the funds. $100,000 is a drop in the bucket for them but they still felt the need to sue. On principal and if I were the CEO or on the board of Walmart, I would have let it go.