New Casey Anthony photos part of old CBS News deal

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A screenshot of Casey Anthony's graduation picture from cbsnews.com / May 27, 2010)

By Hal Boedeker, Orlando Sentinel Television Critic

11:44 a.m. EDT, May 27, 2010

Context is important in stories, and WFTV-Channel 9 dropped context in reporting on the Casey Anthony saga on Wednesday night. Anthony is
charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee.

WFTV reported that CBS News paid $20,000 for several photos of Casey
and Caylee Anthony that were recently posted on the CBS
web site. Those photos included one of Casey after giving birth to
Caylee. Another showed Casey in her high-school senior portrait.

"CBS News says it got those photos last year," WFTV anchor Bob Opsahl said.

Actually, CBS News last year paid George and Cindy Anthony $20,000 for a trove of material —
videos and photos — that the network used on "The Early Show" and
"48 Hours Mystery." The parentsof Casey Anthony appeared on both those
programs as well last fall.

Now you may not like that the Anthonys sold the material. And you may think it's wrong for networks to
pay such licensing fees.

But the WFTV report made it sound as if CBS News had paid $20,000 just for those newly posted photos. And the
network didn't. The new photos were part of the old licensing deal, CBS
News said Monday.

My understanding is that under those deals, such material becomes a network's property in perpetuity. The network
can use the photos and video as it sees fit.

Could more be coming?