Samsung Called Out on Ortiz’s Selfie With Obama - Digits - WSJ

Sign of the selfie times

"White House press secretary Jay Carney said Thursday that the president’s legal team objects to the company’s commercial use of the photograph, which was snapped by Ortiz — who has an endorsement deal with Samsung — while the president was honoring the World Series champion Red Sox on Tuesday.

What seemed like a spontaneous moment on the South Portico at the White House was soon distributed by Samsung to its millions of Twitter followers. The company, noting the type of device Ortiz used to take the photograph, also issued a statement praising the “historic moment” and saying it had coordinated with Ortiz in advance of his White House visit “on how to share images with fans.”"

Samsung Called Out on Ortiz’s Selfie With Obama - Digits - WSJ