Virgin Mobile and Creative Commons sued in US over CC picture use

News.com.au reports that Virgin Mobile is being sued in the United States for invasion of privacy, because they used a Creative Commons-licensed photograph in their advertising, without permission from the subject of the photograph.  Photographs of a young woman were captioned with "dump your pen friend" and "free virgin to virgin", which have allegedly caused grief and humiliation to Alison Chang and her church-going family.

This is an example of the advertisements in issue:

This dispute has been brewing for a while now.  Looks like it has well and truly hit the proverbial fan, and the results could be quite damaging to the Creative Commons movement.  News reports indicate that Creative Commons are also named as defendants.