“窃照片不是偷照片”——两份娱乐杂志《OK!》和《HELLO!》为迈克尔-道格拉斯和凯瑟琳-泽塔-琼斯结婚照的版权官司打得头破血流……

The ongoing court battle between rival magazines OK! and HELLO! over ownership of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones' wedding photographs is to be taken to the highest court in Britain.
 
In May, Hello! magazine bosses won their appeal against last year's High Court judgement that ordered the glossy to pay OK! $1.9 million in damages for unauthorized pictures of the stars' 2000 wedding.

The magazine's chiefs confessed they used the photos to spoil OK!'s exclusive coverage of the wedding, but argued "spoilers" are a common practice in the media industry.

OK! magazine was ordered in May to repay more than $3.8 million worth of damages and costs it received from Hello!. However, following a petition from OK! and the Hollywood couple, the case will now be heard at the House Of Lords in London.

Last year, Douglas and Zeta-Jones were awarded $27,738 in damages from Hello! magazine, after a judge ruled the publication had breached the Traffic stars' rights of confidence. 

 重点词汇

appeal  n. 请求，上诉

unauthorized  a. 未被授权的

confess  v. 承认，坦白

spoil  v. 损坏

exclusive  a. 独家的

receive  v. 遭受到

breach  v. 违背，打破

petition  n. 请愿书， 诉状