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She\\u2019s a brilliant woman, with a style that\\u2019s all her own, and a brilliant work ethic. I\\u2019d show you, but that\\u2019s kind of a sore point for her at the moment. A group decided that they wanted to parody the current state of the \\u201CWeb 2.0\\u201D industry and made a music video. They saw fit to credit Billy Joel and themselves, but they didn\\u2019t think to credit any of the people who shot any of the pictures that they used. Now, parody is clearly a protected right (even though many parody artists find that it works better if they want to have a career in the music biz to ask permission) but it\\u2019s also pretty clear that they aren\\u2019t actually parodying Owen Thomas when they used Lane\\u2019s picture.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Now, it\\u2019s not like it\\u2019s very hard for them to have researched all of the images they stole. 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