《环球时报英文版》文章
Woman portrayed seeking 'boy toy' sues media
Global Times [September 01 2010] By Xu Tianran
A 36-year-old Jiangxi Province woman who has discovered herself the online
face of boy-toy seeking ladies is suing the Xinhua News Agency and at least nine
other media outlets for violating her image rights.
Guo Kexin of Nanchang, who works at a home for the elderly in Beijing, said
unpleasant gossip about her circulated among friends and neighbors after her image
was distributed by mostly State-owned media.
In her lawsuit filed at the Beijing Chaoyang People's Court, she demanded 50,000
yuan ($7,344.94) in compensation, a public apology and that all media delete the
offending content immediately.
A website that introduces boy toys to the rich posted a photo of Guo at qianguiz.com
with the claim that a wealthy jade import-export company board chairwoman was
looking for a boy toy. A photo of Guo was attached to an ad with brief personal
information for the alleged chairwoman.
As is common practice on the Chinese mainland, the report was widely copied
and republished online without attribution. The original can be traced to the
Sanxiang City Express, a Hunan Daily Press Group paper.
The case will open next Monday, said Yi Li, a Beijing Chaoyang People's Court
spokeswoman.
Two conditions must be met to prove violation of image rights, said Zhu Shouquan,
director of the Beijing Changji Law Office. The first is that the image was used
to make a profit, and second is that the person portrayed was negatively impacted.
"If qianguiz.com used Guo's photo without her permission, it definitely
violated her image rights," Zhu said.
How much media, editors or online censors were aware of the photo's lack of
authenticity would be a crucial deciding factor in Guo's quest for compensation,
he said." The media should bear some responsibility, as the senior editors
failed to see the possibility that the photo might not be authentic," he
said." But at the end of the day, it's the judge's call."
中译文：
肖像被用来寻求男性玩偶的女子起诉媒体
《环球时报》英文版 2010年9月1日 记者：徐天然
一位36岁的江西省女子发现自己成为男性玩偶寻求女士的在线特征后起诉新华社和至少9家媒体侵犯她的肖像权。
南昌的郭可欣（音译）在北京一位老人的家里工作。她说，在她的影像被以国有为主的媒体传播后，关于她的流言蜚语在她的朋友和邻居中流传开来。
在她的诉讼地北京市朝阳区人民法院，她要求5万元（7,344.94美元）的赔偿、公开道歉，以及所有媒体立即删除侵权内容。
在qianguiz.com网上将贴有郭的照片的男性玩偶介绍给富人的网站声称，一个富裕的绿玉石进出口公司董事会女主席曾寻求男性玩偶。郭的照片附在一个含有那个所谓的女主席的简要个人信息的广告上。
按中国大陆的习俗，该报道被广泛复制并在网上广泛传播而没有归属。最早的起源可追溯到三香城市快递——一家湖南日报报业集团的报纸。
北京市朝阳区人民法院发言人李毅（音译）说案件将于下星期一开庭。
“要证明侵犯了肖像权必须满足两个条件，”北京长济律师事务所主任朱寿全说，“首先是该肖像被用于赢利，二是肖像本人受到了负面影响。”
“如果qianguiz.com使用郭的照片而没有经过她的许可，那么肯定侵犯了她的肖像权” 朱寿全说。
“有多少媒体、编辑或网络审查员意识到了照片不真实，是郭的赔偿要求中的一个重要决定因素。”他说。“媒体应该承担一定的责任，因为资深编辑未能发现照片可能不是真的。”他说，“但是最终要由法官裁决。”
原载http://www.globaltimes.cn/www/english/metro-beijing/update/society/2010-09/569165.html
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