It was not their to take

Unauthorized use of photo in video slamming

 Alison Carey brings payment demand

 Alison died in August. The video, allegedly made on

Mariah Carey's instructions, is evidence of her malice

By David Baker

Posted March 31, 2025

   A post on a YouTube channel that consists entirely of negative information, some of it decades old, about Alison contains an extremely unflattering  photo of her. 

  This image was lifted from a video I shot of Alison in October 2021 when she was very unwell. 

   Which means I hold the copyright to it.  Anyone wanting to use a copyright image is supposed to contact the copyright holder and ask for permission to use it, perhaps paying a fee for the permission. Which I would not have given to this person, or to the creators of several other sites where this image has been used.

   The person who, allegedly on Mariah’s Carey’s instructions, created this 35-minute “essay” slamming Alison five months after she died didn’t ask me for authorization to use it.

   So last week I sent an email, demanding that my image be taken out of this video or, if he or she is unwilling or unable to do that, that the entire video be taken down.

   I also demanded $500, for the retroactive use of my image, used without credit which, since January, has been viewed 304,000 times.

     I also sent demands for payment in various amounts to these other people who evidently think that because an image has appeared elsewhere -- likely also without permission  -- they can take it, in at least one case, for a web page that charges a fee. 

   These people would not take say, outdoor furniture from someone’s porch. But they think it’s okay to steal intellectual property. 

   As some people are now being reminded: It’s not.

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