While I think the ad is tasteless, I thought large chain business built on reputation were above this, they haven't done anything legally wrong here.

If she posed for the photos, and was paid by the photographer as the model, she had to have signed a disclosure contract that allowed the photographer to sell her image. I'm guessing that it wasn't Burger King she posed for when these photos were taken but an independent photographer, or image bank like Getty Images.

So once she has modeled and collected her paycheck, (or maybe, no paycheck), she has entered into a contract whereby the photographer or artist who took the photos has full say on how those images are used, in this case sold to a major fast food chain.

And it's not Rape. In now way is this rape. Disappointing and a bit embarrassing and by-and-large a completely inappropriate ad for a family focused restaurant chain. But then Burger King is know for it's sometimes inappropriate ads.

I will also say that it was an unprofessional move to buy the model footage and not take their own photos with a willing model. Big companies who can afford it, should never be purchasing stock photos from a service for this very reason, someone will notice and call them out. Big companies have a professional reputation to uphold. This ad campaign was a cop-out, without professionalism.

I'll bet this ad was created by a secondary party as well, and not by Burger King staff creative. Sometimes large corporations can't police every ad that is made in their name - which is unfortunate. I work for a small company and it's often a nightmare trying to police all the creative that gets made which doesn't get filtered through the Public Affairs department.

cued up the wrong song... Rainin' Men?>> ^doogle:

me no getty what the prank was.

me no getty what the prank was.

Getty family, eh?

Was that filmed at the Getty Villa?

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Stupid journalists and advertisers. Who else would be a client of Getty?

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You don't want Estelle Getty to rest in peace? You monster!

*promote. Good-bye, Estelle

Bea Arthur is actually a year older than Estelle Getty.

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^ in Golden Girls, she was made up to look much older than she really was. I think she was the same age as here Bea Arthur.

I accidentally upvoted this. I'm with quantumushroom: If we can't give special breaks to the rich and powerful citizens who've played a key role in corrupting the soul of our political process, then what message does that send to the terrorists?

All you taxocrat marxists just can't wait for Obama to win the election, that way he can promptly surrender our nation to Al Qaeda and turn us into a 12th century caliphate. Mexicans and Mooslims are all the same. They're both brown, right?

I rest my case.

"The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not the mineral rights."

J. Paul Getty

http://www.queenstribune.com/feature/FuelForThoughtTheRealPrice.html

[H]e ditched his major gasoline supplier Getty/Luk Oil.
... although Getty owns both [stations], Parmar said the company stopped supplying him with gas six months ago.
Around that time, he stopped paying rent, eliminating potential overhead costs for the station.
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http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?040802ta_talk_maloney

...once Lukoil took over Getty, he says, his rent was raised, which squeezed his operating margin to the point where it was nearly impossible for him to earn a living. “They make sixty cents a gallon,” Parmar claimed. “They give their dealers only three or four cents a gallon.”
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Although Lukoil may be squeezing their stations, typically, stations make between 3-9 cents per gallon. From the above articles I got the impression Parmar thinks there is a $2/gal. ceiling that no conditions should breach.

Stop paying rent and you can sell gas for 30 cents/gallon less.