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by petee 710 days ago
How could she possibly have known what the internet would become, or how vast? Nobody could have "understood" how their photo could be widely disseminated like today.

At the end of the day its a stolen photo, and immoral to continue to use against the express wishes of the subject, no matter how you want to justify it -- she asked, so just respect it instead of finding ways to justify being a jerk.

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My understanding is that this photo was consensual and not stolen
It was scanned and reproduced without the consent of Playboy, if I understand it correctly.