Rougned Odor served Jose Bautista an L that Chris Childs would be proud of.
Rogelio Albert Pena, a Dallas Photographer, now is trying to collect on his capture of the moment. Pena is looking for upwards of $150,000 due to unlawful usage of a photo he took of the incident. Here are the full details.
Pena’s suit claims that a store called Field Of Dreams was selling the photo, even though he has the copyright to the shot he took. Pena said he personally noticed it and took a picture of the item for sale, for $19.99. Mark Phillips, general manager of Celebrities Unlimited, which owns the store, acknowledged that he sells the photo along with “everyone else across the country.”
“It’s pretty much all over the place,” Phillips said. “I’m not sure why he singled us out.” Phillips said he never heard from Pena or any representative that the photo was Pena’s. As of Tuesday afternoon, Phillips said he hadn’t even heard of the lawsuit.
“Ninety-five percent of the photos we sell are licensed through PhotoFile,” Phillips said. “In some cases, there’s a better photo of an event, and we’ll sell that. In our 23 years, we’ve never been told that what we were selling was someone else’s property.” Pena is asking for damages of up to $150,000 for “willful infringement” of the photograph, plus the store’s profits from the photos.
Phillips said that $15 of the $20 cost is the framing and that the company has grossed “maybe” $4,000 from its sales.
I’m no legal expert but i’m not sure the defense “everyone else across the country” does it also will hold in court. Rougned Odor was not here for Jose Bautista’s tough guy shenanigans.
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