After being cyber-assaulted on Lily Allen‘s MySpace blog for syndicating pictures of her at her home, which in turn ended up in OK magazine, The New York Times have extended a hand in compassion to the brooding pop tart.
“Reading Allen’s post on Myspace today was the first time that I understood it from the celebrities’ point of view,” the Times culture editor, Sam Sifton revealed. “We are not, at least most us, the cheap skanks she describes. I would hope we get to cover her career for a long time.”
Although compassionate to Allen’s initial reaction, Sifton explained to reporters that it’s fair and legal for the NYT to resell their photographs, but “a third party contractor, not the paper, handles the sale.”
Because there was no physical record of Lily’s request to keep the pictures from being published in the tabloids, the Times went about business as usual and allowed the contractor to sell the pictures.
Duh!
Always have it in writing!
Sifton does own up to the fact that the paper should have a more watchful eye to what publications their photos are being sold to. He says, “I think, personally, that the flip side of our being fierce about what we get to do, is that we don’t misuse the pictures… The third party contractor didn’t ask enough questions, and I think we ought to be asking where our pictures end up.”
We wonder if Lils will be satisfied with the Times explanation or continue to pout about it online?
Pout!
[Image via WENN.]
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