Axl Rose wants a picture of him looking bloated removed from the web
AXL ROSE might have been blessed with the dream life of a multi-millionaire rock star, but this doesn’t mean he doesn’t have feelings like the rest of us.
AXL ROSE might have been blessed with the dream life of a multi-millionaire rock star, but this doesn’t mean he doesn’t have feelings like the rest of us.
It turns out the Guns N’ Roses lead singer is a little self-conscious about a picture of himself looking a little bloated during a 2010 gig in Canada.
The picture has also been transformed into a number of memes poking fun at the rockstar‘s appearance, which have also been requested to be taken down.
In attempt to rid the internet of the horrible picture, Axl Rose issued a DMCA take-down notice to Blogspot and GoogleUserContent demanding the image be taken down as it infringes copyright.
“Copyright image of Axl Rose. Please be advised that no permission has been granted to publish the copyright image so we cannot direct you to an authorised example of it,” the notices sent by Web Sheriff on behalf of the singer read.
Photographer Boris Minkevich took the original photograph and admitted to TorrentFreak he was unaware the ageing rock star had been trying to “cleanse the web” of his picture.
Despite the photograph being taken by Mr Minkevich, the Web Sheriff claims he is not the copyright holder.
“We can gladly confirm that all official / accredited photographers at [Axl Rose] shows sign-off on ‘Photography Permission’ contracts / ‘Photographic Release’ agreements which A. specify and limit the manner in which the photos can be exploited and B. transfer copyright ownership in such photos to AR’s relevant service company,” the company told TorrentFreak in a statement.
While the photographer can’t recall if he had signed any contracts, the Web Sheriff believes there are still grounds to have the picture removed.
“[If a photographer] was there and taking shots without permission or authority, then other considerations / factors would come-into-play as to what such individuals can and cannot do in terms of attempting to commercially exploit the resultant images of someone else’s show,” the company said.
As of yet, the take-down requests have had little success with all the images still appearing online and accessible through Google searches.
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