Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt Sparks Legal War

Your picture may be worth a thousand words, but a picture of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's new arrival, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, is worth quite a bit more than that. So much so, that the bidding war for photos of Shiloh Nouvel ended with People magazine paying $4 million US for the first pics of the bouncing bundle of joy. At the same time, British celebrity magazine, Hello! secured the rights in England, but that pesky technological marvel called the Internet has led to legal problems. As reported on CTV, "Hello!, which secured the British rights to the images, launched legal action with People Wednesday against two websites that printed a leaked exclusive shot of the couple with their new baby daughter."

The uproar stems from a pic in which Angelina Jolie lies beside little Shiloh Nouvel with Brad Pitt gazing at them on the side. Who's to blame? U.S. gossip blogs, of course. On Wednesday, Oh No They Didn't and Defamer published the pic, even with Hello!'s magazine logo still imprinted on it. As reported by Reuters via CTV, Juliet Herd, Hello!'s feature editor said, "'We were very shocked and horrified to see that this embargo has been breached.' Hello! and People are now 'taking legal action around the world to stop Internet sites and everyone else who may seek to publish.'"

Most of the websites and blogs have pulled the controversial picture from their sites but internet gossip site, Gawker, stands by the publication, using "fair use" as a defense.

The effect of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt on the Internet isn't reserved for pictures and lawsuits. According to The Inquirer, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, after hearing that someone had bought suricruise.com, to make money off the offspring of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, snapped up two dozen domain names related to their baby girl. As reported, "Jolie instructed her lawyers to buy up 24 domain names including "shilohjolie", "shilohpitt", "shilohjoliepitt", "shilohnouveljolie", "shilohnouvelpitt" and "shilohnouveljoliepitt" - with the extensions ".com", ".org", ".net" and ".info" - were reserved on May 27, the baby's birthday."

Even before the legal actions, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt has already lived a life in the press. The daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie was born on May 27th in a hospital in the South African nation of Namibia, joining adopting siblings, Maddox and Zahara. Naturally, the paparazzi jumped on the story, scratching and clawing for the first pics of Shiloh Nouvel. On Monday, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie announced they were selling the pictures through Getty Images with all of the money going to a charity aiding African children. As the couple said in a joint statement, reported by The Guardian, "While we celebrate the joy of the birth of our daughter, we recognize that 2 million babies born every year in the developing world die on the first day of their lives. These children can be saved, but only if governments around the world make it a priority."

With all the buzz about baby pictures, could wedding bells be far away? Angelina Jolie held a press conference in Swakopmund, Namibia, to deny the rumors. As reported on Hollywood.com, "There is nothing in the air. The focus is the kids, and we are obviously extremely committed to the children and as parents together. So that kind of says it for us, and to have a ceremony on top of it is nothing."

Believe it or not, even with all the buzz circulating about babies and weddings circulating around Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, China Daily reports that the new mother wants to speak with Brad Pitt's ex, The Break Up star Jennifer Aniston. As reported, "An inside source quoted in the Daily Star has revealed: 'Angelina felt really guilty about the way things happened with Brad. She likes Jennifer and has always wanted to explain the situation to her.' Brad's publicist Cindy Guagenti has reportedly added: 'Jennifer is very happy for Brad and Angelina. And they are keen to get their friendship back on track.'"

[Additional Sources: CTV, The Inquirer, The Guardian, Hollywood.com, Reuters, China Daily]