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Harry Styles steals pic; photographer gets bullied
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After British singer Harry Styles stole an image by photographer Ezequiel Scagnetti and posted it to his Instagram page, the photographer was understandably less than thrilled.
He shared a screenshot of the post on Facebook, pointing out that while 750,000 people had ‘liked’ the post, he most certainly did not. Not only had the singer failed to gain permission to use the image he had also neglected to acknowledge who had taken the shot.
It appears that following, after the photographer called him out, Styles or a member of his social media team removed the image, though they did not make contact.
Incredibly, Scagnetti then began to receive aggressive, xenophobic, homophobic and racist insults on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and his personal website's comment section from the singer’s legions of fans. His professional Facebook page was also attacked, with many leaving 1-star ratings for his work.
Some comments on his post begged that he not sue Styles, while others accused him of trying to steal some of the singer’s limelight and he should just be thankful that Styles saw fit to share the image at all.
Rather than stoop to their level, the Belgian photographer took the time to address the disrespectful One Direction fans, showing them how their idols too rely on copyright for their livelihoods, and reminding them that there are more important things to use your energy on than spreading hate:
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"We live in a world where 70% of the wealth of the planet is concentrated in just less than 0,5% of the earth population. Statistics prove that most of you are likely to be part of the 99.5% that are out of that wealth. So, you should be happy and spread your happiness and love just because the fact that you have, outside the necessary calories to live, a telephone and Internet connection, when hundreds of thousands of boys and girls are starving at this right moment.
But not, you are spreading hate, unlimited hate, in the honour of #harrystyles.
Do you know that #harrystyles and myself, we live of copyright? Every streamed song, every CD you buy, every concert ticket you pay, you are paying artist’s copyrights. If you are not paying for it, some sponsor or company is doing it for you. Nothing is free. Neither Harry Styles work’s, neither my work.
Every magazine you buy, every poster you see, every advertising photography you see, in internet or in the “real world”, a photographer is getting paid on copyrights, even if you are not taking the money from your pockets, somebody is doing it.
I am a rich man, but of another kind of richness, by doing professional pictures, I earn enough to feed my wife and my 2 kids, and that’s all I need.
You see guys, we have different values; success for you is to be famous, to have “likes” in Facebook or to be a pop singer, success for me is raising my family with dignity. So, I do not need to sue #harrystyles or #onedirection even if the harm you are doing to my professional image on my Facebook page by rating it at the lowest it could only finish in more harm to #harrystyles , as all this happen because his illegal use of my image.
You should consider this: more harm you make to my professional image, more harm you make to your beloved Harry.
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Good luck kids.
Ezequiel Scagnetti
Photographer."
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Giving him 1 star ratings is not nice. He looks cute btw. 
as though it's somehow making their point stronger 
they lowkey worship him