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Celebrity Baby Spread Gets Copyleft License

Who says celebrities have to be Paris Hilton's or Jane Fonda's, either too stupid or too radical to make a practical impact on the habits of ordinary people? There is a happy medium for the privacy challenged apple of the press? eye, where their actions can influence even the contentious halls of IP licensing. The exhibit A of this phenomenon: Gwen Stefani, who, with her hubby, shunned the typical diamond soaked tabloid contract for centerfold picture spreads of her newborn. Demonstrating both a post election ?maverick? streak and an unnerving knowledge of alternative licensing schemes, Stefani instead hired her own photographer and licensed the resulting photos through a Creative Commons license. No that?s not a typo. She licensed her photographs for creative sharing and limited commercial use. Gwen is more than fuel for the dance floor, she?s a copyleft progressive in pop diva clothes. That being said, she did opt for the standard issue space case rock star name for the licensed babe, Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale. Yeah.

Full post as published by BizMediaLaw Blog from Wahab, Riveles & Medenica LLC on November 19, 2008 (boomark / email).