{"id":55329,"date":"2014-04-04T09:23:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T07:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=55329"},"modified":"2014-04-04T09:23:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T07:23:02","slug":"white-house-slams-samsung-obama-selfie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/55329\/white-house-slams-samsung-obama-selfie\/","title":{"rendered":"White House slams Samsung Obama selfie"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a fun moment: Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz snapped a “selfie” photo with President Barack Obama when the World Series champions visited the White House this week.<\/p>\n

But the smiles turned to scowls when mobile provider Samsung promoted the picture on Twitter to the company’s 5.2 million followers and pointed out the image had been taken with a Samsung smartphone.<\/p>\n

White House spokesman Jay Carney, asked whether Samsung had been asked to stop tweeting the photo, made clear the controversy had been discussed with White House lawyers.<\/p>\n

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Obama selfie<\/p><\/div>\n

“Without getting into counsel’s discussions, I can tell you that as a rule, the White House objects to attempts to use the president’s likeness for commercial purposes, and we certainly object in this case,” he said.<\/p>\n

He declined to discuss how the White House had objected.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Samsung did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

Ortiz gave Obama a special Red Sox jersey with the president’s name on it at the event on Tuesday and then got Obama to pose for the smartphone “selfie.”<\/p>\n

“I gave him the jersey, and the photographers were going to take their pictures and I thought, really at the last second, maybe I should snap a shot with my phone while I have the chance,” Ortiz told the Boston Globe.<\/p>\n

“It had nothing to do with no deals,” he said.<\/p>\n

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