Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Baby Photo Scandal
When Hello Magazine posted the following cover on their website earlier this morning, they must have known that they were undercutting an exclusive licensing deal with People magazine:
This image is hotlinked, and not hosted on this site
Hotly sought photographs of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s new baby daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, were sold at a charity auction, according to the Guardian:
“While we celebrate the joy of the birth of our daughter, we recognise that 2 million babies born every year in the developing world die on the first day of their lives,” the couple said in a joint statement. “These children can be saved, but only if governments around the world make it a priority.”
According to SMH, an Australian newspaper, People magazine paid a fortune for the baby pix:
People’s spokeswoman declined comment on a New York Post report that the magazine had outbid its North American rivals by agreeing to pay $5.5 million for rights to the pictures, making it one of the biggest such purchases ever.
Why risk the legal action? Hello Magazine certainly won’t benefit from costing People magazine a $5 million exclusive. Now that the photos are out, though, it’s fair to say they’re public domain. Even China Daily is running a large copy of them. Now, why are celebrity photos so hot?
Update:
The China Daily page now reads “很抱歉，你查看的页面不存在” which is a generic 404 message. Oddly, you can still find the actual picture hosted on their website.
You can also find the photo on a dozen other websites within 5 minutes of searching for “Shiloh” on Google blogsearch:
- Gawker
- Azad Slide
- On Life As I Know It
- Adrikaana
- China Daily
- Sparkly Happy
- Defamer
- Pandeblog
- Igin Online
- Glitzblog
- Bank Locater
- Belch
The photo I have here is not even hosted on this site, because it exists in thousands of other places. I’m personally not interested in dealing with legal action, so I’ve hotlinked it to some copy of the photo somewhere.
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on June 7th, 2006 at 3:21 pm
So when someone copies your text, it’s theft, when you copy million+ dollar photos, it’s fair use?
on June 7th, 2006 at 8:32 pm
The photo isn’t being hosted–just displayed–on this blog.
on June 8th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
SO JUST CAUSE THEY HAVE A BABY EVERYONE HAS TO GO CRAZY???
on June 8th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
HELLO ITS A NORMAL CHILD JUST LIEK EVERYONE ELSE IS!!!
on June 8th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
Thanks for the mention.
on June 9th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
does it look like that baby already has teeth, she is a little young for that and why would you dress you baby girl in blue, maybe it isnt the baby afterall photoshop?
on June 9th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
Shiloh Pitt…….or reverse the first letter of each naqme and it becomes
PILOH SHITT……GET IT?
on June 10th, 2006 at 3:48 am
hey, it’s just a baby, she hasn’t done anything to you, so stop calling her that. and for your information, babies can be born with teeth. go ask your doctor and i’ll bet my life on it that he or she will agree with me.
on June 10th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
this baby will be very loved.
on June 10th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
ik kom uit Holland!
en ik vind de baby heel Lieff!!
-***- Lisa!
on June 10th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
Oops! THis is good news to the couple like any other couple, pliz if u cares let her live normal life, her mother Angelina has done a lot goods for us African we are proud of her. Long live Shiro.
on June 11th, 2006 at 11:26 am
As id she will live a normal life….. im sure she’ll have an eating disorder or start hanging around with other hollywood kids like Sean Preston, but at least TRY to give her a good start, name calling, man grow up. shes going to have a hard enough life as it is without all the low lifes in the world putting their two cents on the internet.
on June 13th, 2006 at 11:29 am
[…] You’ve all heard about the scandal (more details here) that was caused when Getty Images sold pictures of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to People Magazine for over $4 million. Get this: Although the pictures have been posted all over the internet even before People Magazine has gone to print, the mag expects over 5 million copies to be sold this time, as opposed to the usual 3.7 million. They’ve even upped their price by 50 cents in expectation. The reasons behind this? Circulation expert Martin Walker claims, “It just creates more buzz, more noise, so people will buy the magazine.” […]
on June 15th, 2006 at 8:23 am
the baby was born out of adultery. no good.
on June 17th, 2006 at 5:59 am
U ALL NEED TO GROW UP..LET THA BABY LIVE SHE HASNT DONE ANYTHING THING WRONG HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING ANGELINA OR BRAD HAS DONE THAT U PEOPLE DONT AGREE WITH THE ONLY THING SHE DID WAS BE BORN ATLEAST GIVE THE POOR LIL GURL SOME CHANCE AND NOT PUT HER DOWN WHEN SHE’S NOT EVEN A MONTH OLD…SHE IS GUNNA BE A GORGEUOS BABY AND HAVE ALOTTA THINGS SET FOR HER IM REALLY HAPP FOR THE BOTH OF THEM ANGELINA DESERVES IT SHE’S DONE MORE THEN SHE HAD TO TO HELP OTHER CHILDREN THAT DIDNT HAVE A CHANCE NOW GIVE THE POOR GIRL A CHANCE AND THINK UR BABY’S, NEICES, NEPHEWS, OR ANY OF UR FAMILY MEMBERZ….
on June 17th, 2006 at 7:01 pm
Are we all really this bored!!! Maybe if you all got away from the computer and spent more quality time with your children, neices, nephews, godbabies, etc. then all children will be so lucky. Shiloh has a tough life ahead of her due to her parents and she doesn’t need immature dumbies cutting her down and starting gossip at the age of a …..a few days!!!!! Come on now……..Philo Shitt……GROW UP and get some confidence in yourself!!!! Jealousy is by far the most unattractive feature for anyone.
Now i’m gonna go swimming with my sons and be thankful for what I have!!! CONGRATS ANGELINA AND BRAD!!! another beauty to add to the world.
on July 7th, 2006 at 6:44 am
[…] Okay, while every one is busy talking about that other new famous baby and the pics on the internet (even my SISTER sent me the links this morning; it’s like the Baby Jesus all over again, except there were no cameras then) — here’s one I’ll bet you missed altogether. […]
on July 12th, 2006 at 7:11 am
it looks like brad
on July 29th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
in the picture she looks like angelina but i really dont keep up with tabloids, They ( Angelina and Brad ) have done great thinbgs for charity and Love children alot I think thats so wonderful and the baby is beautiful. I think people like them should be looked at as real icons not just cause they are celebrities but because they are trying to change the world so the better! Congrats on the beautuful baby and cheers to happy times!
on August 20th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
I Think that baby is beautiful.Too bad her parents won’t last..
on September 3rd, 2006 at 9:18 pm
It is kind of weird that she would already have teeth, but it is true that babies are born with them. Not common but it does happen. She has her momma’s lips but other then that she looks like her daddy. I think that she is beautiful, and her parents have done a lot with charity. The other adopted children will hopefully not feel any different. Brad and Ann love all of their children or at least it looks like it. But I honestly dont think that they will last in their relationship.
on May 6th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
SHILOH IS ONE UGLY BABY I CAN TELL U THAT! DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN SHE IS UGLY!
on August 27th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
she look like her farther i reckon and i think you all need to grow up and leave her alone because you don’t need to worry what she looks like it’s not your baby it’s there’s and yes baby can be born with teeth my step daughter had teeth when she was born and Congrats on the beautiful baby bard and Angie and much love to your family
on August 27th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
yes you can have teeth when your born my step daughter had 1 teeth when she was born and she just like everyother kid really when we think of it we say she a lucky baby bacause of that not many baby have a teeth when they born
on January 21st, 2008 at 12:52 pm
All I have to say is, “Too bad her mom is not Jennifer instead of that gangly Angalina.” Well, one more thing, to Angelina…..”Children do not trap a man anymore, this is the 21st. century.” We all know the only reason this little girl was born, is because both you and Brad were just dying to have an “off-spring.”…….I cannot tell you how extremely obvious this has been for years!!!!!!!!! Thank God Jennifer did not fall into Brad’s trap and desperation!
on June 20th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Shiloh is definitely one of the most deformed little rodents I have ever seen. She definitely looks like she has down syndrome. Her big fat blood filled lips are always gaping open and she’s staring up into space. Like DUH DAH DUH? And they really should take care of that hideous tumor on her face. Oh I’m sorry that is her face. I’ve never seen a gourd so big. Her head is a mega dome and the only reason people call her beautiful is because they want to believe she is because she’s brad and angelinas. brad is a bad actor and angelina is a terrorist adopting ****. someone should put this baby in the oven at 450 until slightly browned
on July 1st, 2008 at 4:22 am
CHILD IS LIFE