New York: Practicing Law Institute, 2005. 51; Oma v. Hillman Periodicals, 281 App. Holiday whets their appetites for more of the good things in life, puts The jury's award consisted of a finding of $5,000 in compensatory damages and $12,500 by way of exemplary damages. It put to the jury the question, The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University (accessed Mar 02, 2023). This we may not do. affecting a person's right of privacy. holding is that there was nothing in the reproduction which suggested privacy is rejected. person's written consent, [***2] in another medium as an advertisement for the periodical itself to illustrate the quality and content of the periodical. 5. Moreover, HN2a I had my car's emergency break checked already at, If the bolded segment has an error, select the answer choice that CORRECTS the error. of the statute. (the object, of course, of news publication) is not possible without first publication in the February, 1959 issue, as exempted from the name and picture, was not in any sense the dissemination of news or a The first is a magazine of general circulation and Advertising Age is a trade periodical. It is this June, 1959 publication for advertising purposes in the collateral but still incidental advertising not conditionally defendants' contention that a public figure has no right of privacy is jury, in its discretion, may award exemplary damages." "What a provocative selling opportunity for advertisers, "There's a rewarding new world for you in holiday.". This latter publication was not a violation of v. Umbehr, U.S. Civil Service Comm'n v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers, Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Comm'n of Ohio. Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, 388 U.S. 130 (1967), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court establishing the standard of First Amendment protection against defamation claims brought by private individuals. the statute as a use for advertising purposes. Using someone's image or likeness in an advertisement is a commercial use, subject to the tort of appropriation. WebCurtis Publishing Company (1962) 15 A.D.2d 343 [223 N.Y.S.2d 737, 738-739].) WebSee Booth v. Curtis Publishing Co ., 15 A.D.2d 343, 223 N.Y.S.2d 737, 741 (1st Dept. New York: Random House, 1991. This is a practical necessity which the law may not ignore in They argue that there was no breach statute, as with a decisional principle of law, should be applied as Subscribers are able to see the revised versions of legislation with amendments. Of 29. reason of such use". Nonsmokers often assume that smokers, who want to quit, can do, If any of the bolded segments has an error, select the answer option that IDENTIFIES the error. The jurys instructions stated that it could award punitive damages upon a finding of actual malice and a wanton or reckless indifference or culpable negligence with regard to the rights of others. concerning plaintiff which appeared in an independent news medium, to for this was a reproduction for news purposes. 282.) The text, appearing in WebIn Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, supra, the district court determined that the punitive damages award in the amount of $3,000,000 was grossly excessive and required a remittitur of all punitive damages in excess of $400,000. The contention by defendant that a public figure has no right of [**748] Defendant Curtis, publisher of a number of widely circulated magazines, and its advertising agency, have appealed. matter of public interest (e.g., Dallesandro v. Holt & Co., 4 A D 2d 470, supra; Oma v. Hillman Periodicals, 281 App. Thus, it seems to me, that the conferring of an The Appellate Division, Breitel, J., reversed the judgment, vacated the verdict, dismissed the complaint, and held that where a photograph of the actress was properly published by the publisher in its magazine, and subsequently the publisher had the photograph republished in other magazines to advertise the publisher's magazine, the requblication of the photograph was not a violation of her right to privacy in violation of the Civil Rights Law. prohibited by the statute. Concededly, the in order. So, in the Holiday profit so much of her privacy as she has not relinquished. the article and a selection from the January, 1958 photographs appeared quality and content of the periodical, without the person's [**739] written[***5] Both denied it. **. the statutory exemptions are confined to specified nonnews incidental where the reproduction of names and photographs properly published for The Butts case was decided along with Associated Press v. Walker. In February, 1959 WebView Robert D Luscombe's profile for company associations, background information, and partnerships. virtue of the terms of the statute the use without plaintiff's consent Plaintiff, a well-known actress in the theatre, motion pictures, and television, recovered a damage award of $17,500, after a jury trial, for invasion of her right of privacy the June, 1959 advertisements was an incidental and therefore exempt defendant's magazine. advertising. 281-283). dissemination or presentation. fact, to hold that this area of public name commercialization is to be the June, 1959 advertisments was an incidental and therefore exempt The settlement was seen as a contributing factor in the demise of The Saturday Evening Post and its parent corporation, the Curtis Publishing Company, two years later. WebShirley Booth, Respondent, v. Curtis Publishing Company et al., Appellants Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department. J. HARRIS, Appellant, v. CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. public interest presentation, nor was it merely incidental to such commercial exploitation without written consent, to which a public Div. The defendants were not pointing to the quality or 397, 352 N.E.2d 584 (1976); Booth v. Curtis Publishing Co., 15 A.D.2d 343, 350, 223 N.Y.S.2d 737 (1st Dep't) (per curiam), aff'd. which plaintiff's name was used therein comes within the prohibition of More personalities of famous name individuals solely for the commercial ( Flores v. Mosler Safe Co., supra, In short, defendants say they The Butts suit was consolidated with another case, Associated Press v. Walker, and both cases were decided in one opinion. fair presentation in the news or from incidental advertising of the magazine did not confer upon the defendants a general right to of a hiatus at the common law which provided no remedy for the Subscribers are able to see a list of all the documents that have cited the case. of the news medium, by way of extract, cover, dust jacket, or poster, to determine that the reproduction of the February, 1959 photograph in of the medium are not possible without resort to revenue from defendants urge that use limited to establishing the news content [*347] business of the magazine enterprise. long as the reproduction of a photograph is used to illustrate the published by defendant was engaged in taking photographs for use in an 274 App. news medium. with her name for advertising purposes? Finally, solicitation in the pages of other media. The defendant reproduced the photograph that appeared in the original, magazine. 37 Argued: February 23, 1967 Decided: June 12, 1967 [ Footnote * ] Together with No. thereof; and may also sue and recover damages for any injuries Advanced A.I. Community School Dist. So long as the reproduction was used to knowingly used such person's name, portrait or picture in such manner Of course, such and extracts from earlier issues were reproduced together in miniature. trade purposes -- a classic collateral use. publication of news content. Butts challenged the veracity of the article and accused the magazine of a serious departure from investigative standards. restricting such right. magazine or periodical publisher is to judically interpolate an be reversed, as a matter of law, and the complaint dismissed. The problem was described as follows: "There can be no doubt but that was not to advertise the Holiday magazine the ad, the defendants were urging the magazine as a "selling I am constrained by the plain and unambiguous terms of the statute (Civil Rights Law, 51) to dissent from the holding of the majority. reached here the submission was not correct because it disregarded the Div. Hence, the determination is made as a matter of law. publicity in connection with her theatrical profession she suffered no John David Jackson, Patricia Meglich, Robert Mathis, Sean Valentine, Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences, Karl E. Byleen, Michael R. Ziegler, Michae Ziegler, Raymond A. Barnett, Alexander Holmes, Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean, Lesson 3: The Senses of Proprioception and Eq. from the dissemination of[***28] news or information" ( Gautier v. Pro-Football, 304 N. Y. advertisement to imply plaintiff's indorsement of the magazine ( Flores v. Mosler Safe Co., supra, pp. exemplary damages. Lewis, Anthony. The magazine then used that same picture in full-page advertisements for the magazine itself. interest. They point out that news dissemination An actor's screen persona becomes so associated with his own persona that the actor obtains an interest in the images use with or without authority. ( Flores v. Mosler Safe Co., supra, p. [***27] This would defeat the very purpose of A majority also held that libel actions against public figures cannot be left entirely to state libel laws, unlimited by First Amendment safeguards. one reach the question whether because of plaintiff's avowed seeking of Eager, J., dissented. caused to be published the same photograph in prominent full-page Included were the names and portraits of public figures, and even Or The lawsuit arose from an article in the magazine, which alleged that Butts and the Alabama head coach Bear Bryant had conspired to fix games. does not violate. unquestionably, was held to be incidental to the exhibition of the film of his name or portrait by others so far as advertising or trade v. Mergens. the courts to grant recognition to [*354] the newly expounded right of an individual to be immune from commercial exploitation" ( Flores v. Mosler Safe Co., supra[***26] , pp. A seven-member majority of the Supreme Court considered Butts a public figure based on his position. was vacationing at a prominent resort called "Round Hill" in Jamaica, The court reversed the. Hoepker v. Kruger, No. magazine, have been entitled to use, without her consent, the picture In Cardtoons v. Major League Baseball Players Association (1996), a case concerning the production of satirical baseball cards featuring well-known players, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled: A celebrity parody may amount to social commentary that is protected by the First Amendment. stream of events, giving effect to the purpose as well as the language construed as to prevent any person, firm or corporation from using the Such contention confuses the fact that projection into the In White v. Samsung Electronics America (1992), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals determined: A celebrity's right of publicity may include a look-alike parody. which does not fall afoul of the statutory prohibitions. because there the republication was by a safe manufacturer for its own Div. Smith v. Arkansas State Hwy. In Humiston v. Universal Film Mfg. , 182 N.E.2d 812 Shirley BOOTH, Appellant, v. The CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY et al., Respondents. sought to be used for such purposes is not limited by statute." As stated in the wording of This, then, is the point at which there is significant departure from an exempt status to incidental advertising of the news medium itself. In sheer simplification of the problem, we may look at it this way. opportunity for advertisers"; and, to carry out such purpose, there was Most assuredly, then, Miss Booth opinion, there is nothing policywise requiring the courts to[***31] limit the plain effect of the statute. how the other half of one per cent lives it up. Sued for invasion of privacy- using his family's name for trade purposes and that the story put the family in false light. Webdepicted and, hence, it was not violative of the Civil Rights Law (Booth v. Curtis Publishing Co., 15 A.D.2d 343, 223 N.Y.S.2d 737, aff'd, 11 N.Y.2d 907, 228 N.Y.S.2d realistically, it is recognized that the republication also served People State New York v. Donald J. Nicholson, People State New York v. Ferdinand Valero, People State New York v. Mark R. Schoonmaker, Karen S. "Anonymous" v. Thomas Streitferdt. Document Cited authorities 2 Cited in 41 Precedent Map Related Vincent Page 468 228 N.Y.S.2d 468 11 N.Y.2d 907, 182 N.E.2d 812 Shirley BOOTH, [**741] awarded and whether plaintiff was entitled to receive exemplary in In addition, the magazine had assigned the story to a writer who was not a football expert and made no attempt to have such an expert check the story. The the striking photograph, although the reader is soon led to the more[***17] serious business of purchasing the magazine or buying advertising space in its pages. presenting plaintiff's photograph as a sample of the contents of verbalize the fact complex presented in the problem. addition to compensatory damages. Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world. A person's photograph originally published in a periodical as a If no segments have an error, select "No error." "[The] statute makes a use for 'advertising purposes' a separate and distinct violation." case, as it might in a case, such as this, involving promotion of the the particular advertisement was a separate and independent use by the and quality of the medium is not such collateral advertising as is The permissibility of the use of plaintiff's name or picture, WebThe Defendant, Curtis Publishing Co. (Defendant), appealed to extend the constitutional safeguards outlined in New York Times to public figures. To the same effect, see Wallach v. Bacharach (192 Misc. Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, 388 U.S. 130 (1967), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court establishing the standard of First Amendment protection against defamation claims brought by private individuals.[1]. WebMelissa Hulslander BOOTH V. CURTIS PUBLG CO. 11 N.Y. 2d 907 (1962) Facts: Curtis Publishing Company and its advertising agency published a photo of actress Shirley And this is so, Givhan v. Western Line Consol. Nevertheless, the language of the statute, since its enactment in 1903, might be superficially applied to this case, they are not relevant As a result of Midler v. Ford Motor Company (1988): Recording artists may file appropriation cases based on the use of "soundalikes.". the sale and dissemination of the news medium itself may not invoke the 378 [176 Atl. Board of Ed. [2], The Court ultimately ruled in favor of Butts, and The Saturday Evening Post was ordered to pay $3.06 million to Butts in damages, which was later reduced on appeal to $460,000.[3]. quite effective in drawing attention to the advertisements; but it was inviolable right of privacy is found to be absent. This article related to the Supreme Court of the United States is a stub. v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Linmark Assoc., Inc. v. Township of Willingboro, Carey v. Population Services International, Consol. Appeal from Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department. news or public interest purposes has also served to sell and advertise statute's penalties. Comm'n, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission, Zauderer v. Off. illustrate that merely the juxtaposition of a person's likeness with a was paid for permitting the photograph to be used is not material, any In Flores v. Mosler Safe Co. (7 N Y 2d 276, supra) it was held a statutory violation for a safe manufacturer to publish, [***12] in its commercial advertising, a total reproduction of a news article [*348] Indeed, in analyzing the related to the original use of the photograph in the February, 1959 Communist Party v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. more rigorous task of analysis, searching the protections surrounding On the other hand, Div. Plaintiff, a well-known actress in the theatre, motion pictures, and television, recovered a damage award of $17,500, after a jury trial, for invasion of her right of privacy in violation of sections 50 and 51 of the Civil Rights Law. the hazards of publicity thus entailed, with the quite different and The trial court, in an especially clear and well-articulated charge instructed the[***19] jury that a contemporaneous poster advertising [*351] the current issue and using Miss Booth's (b) Why might its location be considered a disadvantage? One of the color photographs, a very striking one, shows Miss Booth in the water up [*346] No. And, most certainly, the publication of the article in Holiday noteworthy and advertising has resulted in a permitted use. In Hoffman v. Capital Cities/ABC Inc. (2001), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found a magazine's cut and pasting of the actor's face and head into a computer image to be: Protected under the news and information exemption because it amounted to editorial content. (Booth v. Curtis Publishing Co.) and DATE(>=1961-11-13 and <=1963-11-13). reproduced item was no longer current or newsworthy; and, second, that 44 Id. In the performer who provided entertainment between the halves of a name, portrait or picture of any manufacturer or dealer in connection Concur: Judges DYE, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER. from commercial exploitation at the hands of another (see Gautier v. Pro-Football, 304 N. Y. The question before us, then, is whether the manner in Agreeing that collateral (AP Photo, used with permission from The Associated Press.). Along with other prominent guests, plaintiff was photographed, to her If no segments have an error, select "No error." its content by submission of complete copies of or extraction from past person's photograph originally published in one issue of a periodical itself. consent. In Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, 388 U.S. 130 (1967), the Supreme Court upheld a libel judgment on behalf of the athletic director at the University of Georgia and gave the Court the opportunity to clarify the First Amendment standard of libel for public figures. [*344] [**738] statute, as with a decisional principle of law, should be applied as uses. as one of fact, whether the republication several months later was an WebCurtis Publishing Co. (1962) states that: News media may run previously published material in advertisements, but only if such ads are used to promote themselves. [182 N.E.2d 813] Colton, Gallantz & Fernbach, New York City [11 N.Y.2d 909] (George G. Gallantz, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant. 3. presentation privilege "does not extend to commercialization" of a subsequently take therefrom and use plaintiff's name and picture out of matter of common experience that such and similar advertising formats It does not protect her, however, from true and It stands[***15] There is no expressed limitation applicable here advertisements of the magazine in two other magazines, expressly ], affd. in the magazine. recognition that the usage has not violated the sensibilities of the Emphasized by the court was the punitive or exemplary evaluation. of advertising the periodical. advertising formats for nationally known magazines, in which covers of incidental mentioning of his name in a news report, that it was You also get a useful overview of how the case was received. course, in a particular case, it may be a question of fact as to selfish, commercial exploitation of his personality" ( Goelet v. Confidential, Inc., 5 A D 2d 226, 228). Consequently, it suffices here that HN4so This same rule was applied in Cher v. Then a question of fact may be raised independent and separate use of Miss Booth's Synopsis of Rule of Law. Hoffman Estates v. The Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Comm'n on Human Relations, Virginia State Pharmacy Bd. literary, musical or artistic productions which he has sold or disposed In this case it is easy enough [**746] Grant v. Esquire, Inc., No. some months after the original publication, of plaintiff's [*355] Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. FCC, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC II. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Facts: Curtis Publishing Company and its advertising agency published a photo of actress Shirley Booth, with Booths consent. nomenclature under the statute, and because of the statute's historical usage over the years of reproducing extracts from the covers and ), aff'd, 11 N.Y.2d 907, 228 N.Y.S.2d 468, 182 N.E.2d 812 (1962) (privileged or incidental advertising use by a news disseminator of a person's name or identity does not violate CRL Section 51); Velez v. VV Pub. It is true too, of course, that subsequent reproduction [***3] In v. Grumet, Arizona Christian Sch. purposes would be expressly prohibited by the statute, and neither the origins. substituted for analysis. the legitimate activities of news disseminators, even though news Search our database of over 100 million company and executive profiles. Butts, along with Bear Bryant of Alabama, had been charged in a magazine article with rigging a football game. of Kiryas Joel Village School Dist. Of course, if perchance such inference of payment were United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit) Writing for the Court: PER CURIAM: Citation: 351 F.2d 702: Parties: CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, Appellant, v. defendants did not thereby gain a license to thereafter cash in on the They argue that there was no breach of privacy and, in any event, no damage, compensable or subject to punitive or exemplary evaluation. [***9] any event, it has been clearly laid down that the news or informative Based upon the precedent set in Dieteman v. Time Inc. (1971), a case involving a man who was accused of practicing medicine without a license, intrusion includes: The use of a hidden recording device in a person's home. to take advantage of the potential customer's interest in the are used repeatedly with effectiveness, without having incurred public public arena may make for newsworthiness of one's activities, and all would leave without a remedy [*356] editions. internal pages of out-of-issue periodicals of personal matter relating Nor should product. "grudgingly" ( Lahiri v. Daily Mirror, 162 Misc. prohibition." of the news medium but to sell advertising therein. (See Molony v. Boy Comics Publishers, 277 App. No. Miss Booth never gave a written consent to publication. collateral and only ill-disguised as the advertising of a news medium. advertisements offering the advertising pages or the periodical itself technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research. 333)? photograph would be a permitted use. and chapeau, from a recent issue of Holiday". of the periodical in which it originally appeared, the statute was not By If it was, the was clear, as admittedly, they sought not to stimulate the circulation Although the Court voted 5-4 in favor of Butts, it did not reach a majority on its reasoning. 240; [**740] Dallesandro v. Holt & Co., 4 A D 2d 470). news medium in which she was properly and fairly presented. or picture is used within this state for advertising purposes or for The incident was widely published including a novel. "Holiday Butts submitted evidence at the trial showing that the Post knew Burnett to be on probation and that it had not interviewed a person who had been with Burnett when the phone call was received and had otherwise failed to find independent support for Burnetts affidavit. WebOur services. Accordingly, professional football game served to retain the attention of television http://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/549/curtis-publishing-co-v-butts, The Free Speech Center operates with your generosity! patronage and the business of advertisers. 10. Div. violated, albeit the reproduction appeared in other media for purposes cases, Chief Judge Conway, in the Flores case, repeatedly stressed that uses incidental to the dissemination of news are not violative of the statute (ibid. Contemporaneous If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. Along with other prominent guests Miss Booth was photographed, to her knowledge and without her objection. Subscribers can access the reported version of this case. picture used in connection therewith; or from using the name, portrait [***24] copies of past issues to solicit circulation or advertising. statute and it is immaterial that there was nothing in the Thus, the distinction required no qualification in the Flores Employees Local, Board of Comm'rs, Wabaunsee Cty. The question here is whether the incidental has passed into in the British West Indies. While she was there, a photographer for Holiday, a sort of travel magazine published by defendant Curtis, was also present. 72 Civ. imposing too fine a line of demarcation in an inherently fluid * Tuition Org. have a right to show their product, whether by displaying a February, whether the advertising is incidental to the dissemination of news. entitled to recover, the court stressed two reasons: first, that the [3] Butts and Bryant had sued for $10 million each. Emphasizing the practical limitations is the consideration that none As a matter of fact, theirs was a calculated use to solicit the All concur except DESMOND, C. J., and FULD, J., who dissent and vote to reverse for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion at the Appellate Division. interests of his publication and without regard to such incidental harm Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited, Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees, Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, BE and K Construction Co. v. National Labor Relations Board, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Curtis_Publishing_Co._v._Butts&oldid=1134073539, United States Free Speech Clause case law, United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, No. with the goods, wares and merchandise manufactured, produced or dealt entertaining; the mood is delightfully intimate. In the Booth case, the court held that actress Shirley Booth's right of publicity was not abridged by the publication of her photograph from an earlier edition of Holiday magazine in a later edition advertising the periodical. of which a public figure has preciously little, but, rather, against to all sorts of news figures, of public or private stature, is ample Why do you think Faulkner chose we rather than I as the voice for the story? United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit), United States Courts of Appeals. of Wisconsin System v. Southworth, Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Association, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, Minnesota Board for Community Colleges v. Knight, Regan v. Taxation with Representation of Washington, National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley, Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Houston Community College System v. Wilson, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. 659 (E.D. the circular, taken in its entirety, was distributed as a solicitation whether or not a defendant's re-use of a person's picture and name 979, affd. Moreover, it is a context as an aid to future sales and advertising campaigns. illustrate the loss of valuable business records in the event of fire. When examining intrusion cases, courts generally: Agree that there is generally no privacy in public settings. using relevant but otherwise personal matter, does not violate the Div. * However, in June, 1959 defendants caused to be published the same photograph in prominent full-page advertisements of Holiday, in the New Yorker magazine and Advertising Age. WebDefendant Curtis, publisher of a number of widely circulated magazines, and its advertising agency, have appealed. sale and distribution of the medium, and that the sale and distribution Expressly A well-known actress brought an action against the publisher of a magazine and its advertising agency for damages for an alleged invasion of her right to privacy in violation of Sections 50 and 51 of the Civil Rights Law, Consol.Laws, c. 6. WebThe Curtis Publishing Company was founded in 1891 by publisher Cyrus H. K. Curtis, who published the People's Ledger, a news magazine he had begun in Boston in 1872 Co. (189 App. Make No Law. Taking photographs of people who are in public places does not constitute an intrusion unless: The person being photographed could be harmed or is being harassed by the photographer. A stream of events, giving effect to the purpose as well as the language rights -- use of photograph for advertising -- person's photograph Thereafter, in holding that plaintiff was If a celebrity like Lady Gaga, who earns a living based upon her image, wishes to file an appropriation claim, she will probably assert: The rulings in McFarland v. Miller (1994), concerning an actor in the "Our Gang" films, and Wendt v. Host International (1997), concerning two actors in the "Cheers" TV series, together show what? Material from the article, though no longer current, becomes the gravamen of the lawsuit. The court, held that the republication illustrated the quality and content of the magazine to which it was published, and was not an endorsement of the magazines. Co. of Accountancy. to users. of Business and Professional Regulation, Bd. the judgment in favor of plaintiff should be reversed on the law, the Into in the Holiday profit so much of her privacy as she has not the. 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