Samsung 'selfie' flap now in hands of lawyers: White House

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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q_G8VfooubOA8La6U2rh8g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/47a9fa735f24a14b0e1c8d21100afb648c278f79.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-selfie-flap-now-hands-lawyers-white-house-182103305--mlb.html)The controversy over a "selfie" photo of President Barack Obama and baseball star David Ortiz now is in the hands of attorneys, a White House official said on Sunday. The White House last week warned Samsung against using the president's likeness for commercial gain, after Ortiz used one of its cell phones to snap a picture of himself and the US president. To the displeasure of the White House, Samsung retweeted the shot taken of the baseball slugger and the president, which went viral on the Internet. The White House -- which made its objections public a couple of days after Samsung's marketing stunt -- on Sunday said its attorneys were pursuing the matter.



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