Bruce McCandless suing over use of iconic image

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Bruce McCandless suing over use of iconic image

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Dido Sued by Astronaut for Using Space Flight Picture

Okay, so it's not the iconic image, but the cover art of Dido's 2008 album "Safe Trip Home" is a photo from the 1984 test of the MMU. Before you blow it off, take a look at NASA's rules for using photographs. Depending on how "recognizable" a court thinks McCandless is in the photo, he may have a case. On the other hand, the image we all usually think of from this flight is a much closer shot (thus more recognizable) and has been used commercially many times without incident, potentially diluting his claim.
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