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In the celebrity obsessed world that we live in the reproduction of celebrity photographs and images have increasingly hit the headlines, with high profile cases involving Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Douglas and Eddie Irvine.  The public's insatiable appetite for celebrity photographs and film has fed the media frenzy.  Similarly, celebrity pictures and stills from films are equally as popular, adorning countless merchandising products.

Technological advancements have made it cheap and easy to reproduce a limitless supply of mugs, posters and t-shirts.  The internet has facilitated a massive increase in the use of photographs in fan web sites and in satirical emails.  You can be sure that stills from this year’s Christmas blockbusters Harry Potter, Narnia and Kin Kong will have found their way onto some sort of pirate merchandising near you.

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