LATE
LATE LAST
LATE LAST YEAR, A MACON FAMILY WAS TORN APART... A YOUNG MOTHER, SHOT TO DEATH
JUST DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS...
AND THE WHOLE THING WAS CAUGHT
ON CAMERA THAT VIDEO MADE
ITS WAY ONLINE AND RACKED UP
4@ MORE THAN 200 THOUSAND VIEWS4@
IN TONIGHT'S
13- INVESTIGATES, ZACH MERCHANT
4@ TAKES US INSIDE THE FAMILY'S
4@ STRUGGLE TO GET THAT VIDEO
TAKEN DOWN... AND TELLS US
WHAT áYOUá CAN DO IF ONE OF
áYOURá IMAGES GETS POSTED
WITHOUT YOUR
CONSENT4@ 4@
áYOURá IMAGES GETS POSTED WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT4@ 39 PEOPLE HAD ALREADY BEEN
KILLED IN MACON LAST YEAR...
4@ WHEN TYNESHA HAMMONDS STEPPED
INTO THAT CARCAR IGNITION
NAT IT WAS JUST DAYS BEFORE
CHRISTMAS... TYNESHA LEFT HER
BABY BOY AMARI BEHIND... AS
SHE HEADED OUT TO ENJOY A
NIGHT WITH FRIENDSFB LIVE CLIP
CHATTER NATHAMMONDS BEGAN
STREAMING HER NIGHT ON
FACEBOOK LIVEFB LIVE CLIP
NAT HER FRIENDS WERE WATCHING IN
REAL TIME... WHEN SOMETHING
WENT DANGEROUSLY WRONGGUNSHOT
NAT JUST 20 YEARS OLD,
HAMMONDS WAS DEAD--SHOT TO
DEATH LESS THAN A BLOCK FROM
HER MOTHER'S HOUSE. SCENE
NAT THE CRIME SHOOK UP HER
BLOOMFIELD NEIGHBORHOODI KEEP
MY KIDS 4@IN THE HOUSE... IT'S
SAD YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
BECAUSE THEY BE WANTING TO
4@ COME OUT AND PLAY BUT IT'S
JUST4@ TOO DANGEROUS RIGHT
NOW AND ROCKED TYNESHA'S
FAMILY 2:05--2:17WHEN THEY TOLD US
THEY WAS LIKE THEY TOLD US
2:05--2:17WHEN 2:05--2:17WHEN
THEY TOLD US THEY WAS LIKE
'WHITE SHEET' AND MY FIANCE
HAD TO TELL ME ACTUALLY 'WHEN
THEY MENTION A WHITE SHEET,
IT'S... I DON'T THINK SH4@E'S
HERE ANYMORE. I JUST,, I
COULDN'T, I COULDN'T WRAP MY
MIND. NOT HER, NOT
TYNESHA4@ TYPING ON KEYBOARD NATS
TYNESHA'S SOON TO BE
COUSIN-IN-LAW SARA MCMILLER...
WHO HAS KNOWN HER SINCE SHE
WAS A BABY... SAYS FACEBOOK
4@ SOON TOOK THE VIDEO OFF THEIR
SITE BUT SOMEBODY APPARENTLY
MADE A COPY OF IT FIRST.
THAT COPY WAS QUICKLY UPLOADED
TO FLYHEIGHT.COM, A SITE FULL
4@OF PROVOCATIVE USER-UPLOADED
VIDEOS.4@ DESPITE THE
FAMILY'S WISHES, FOR 4@MONTHS..
THE VIDEO OF TYNESHA'S LAST
LIVING MOMENTS REMAINED ON THE
SITE... 4@RACKING 4@UP MORE THA
200,000 VIEWS.6:20--6:48ZM:YOU
EMAILED FLYHEIGHT.COM AND
SAID...SM...YOU KNOW ONCE IT'S
ON THE INTERNET I4@T'S OUT THER
BUT I'M LIKE AS MUCH DAMAGE
CONTROL AS Y'ALL CAN DO
PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE IT DOWN.
4@ SHE--AMARI'S NOT GOING TO 4@BE
BABY FOREVER. HER SON IS GONNA
HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA ONE DAY, 4@
WOULD HATE FOR HIM TO COME
ACROSS THAT VIDEOZACH/EXPERT
CHATTER NAT SARA MCMILLER
UNDERSTANDS 4@IT'S A COMPLICATE
áLEGALá SITUATION... BUT SHE
SA4@YS THE MORAL QUESTION-- HAS
AN EASY ANSWER4@ (9:08 )IF YOU
HAVE A HEART, TAKE IT DOWN...
4@ THINK OF HER CHILD, IF YOU, IF
NOBODY, IF YOU WON'T TAKE IT
DOWN FOR 4@ANYBODY ELSE THINK O
HER MOTHER AND HER CHILD. HER
MOTHER HAD TO BURY HER
DAUGHTER.AND IN THE 4@END... IT
APPEARS FLYHEIGHT AGREED.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE WEBSITE
ASKING ABOUT THE VIDEO... WE
DIDN'T GET A 4@WRITTEN
RESPONSE... BUT DAYS LATER THE
VIDEO WAS REMOVED. MONTHS
IN THE MAKING... TYNESHA
HAMMONDS FAMILY FINALLY GOT
THE RESULT 4@THEY WERE LOOKING
FORTYPING NAT BUT WHAT
RIGHTS WOULD áYOUá HAVE IF YOU
4@FOUND YOURSELF IN A SIMILAR
SITUATION? TYNESHA'S IS AN
AWFUL, EXTREME CASE... BUT
ALMOST ALL OF US NOW HAVE
IMAGES OF ONE KIND OR 4@ANOTHER
WE DON'T WA4@NT MADE PUBLIC:55
THE FACTS ABOUT INTERNET
USAGE, 4@PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR ON
THE INTERNET...ALL OF THE
THINGS IT MAKES POSSIBLE BOTH
4@ FOR GOOD AND FOR BAD ARE
CHANGING SO RAPIDLY THE 4@LAW
HASN'T REALLY HAD TIME TO
CATCH UPçáááVOáááÑ THAT'S
ADAM HOLLAND TALKING TO US VIA
SKYPE... HE'S A LEGAL SCHOLAR
AT HARVARD'S BERKMAN KLEIN
CENTER FOR INTERNET AND
SOCI4@ETY AND HE SAYS BY
RECORDING AN IMAGE, YOU
AUTOMATICALLY GET A COPYRIGHT
FOR IT... AND THAT CAN WORK TO
YOUR ADVANTAGEçáááSOT
FULLáááÑ<(5:57--6:33)YOU COULD
@ ABSOLUTELY GO TO A WEBSITE ...
AND SAY I HAVE COPYRIGHT IN
THIS 4@PARTICULAR 4@VIDEO, THER
IS A COPY OF THAT VIDEO
LOCATED... ON YOUR ... I'M THE
@ COPYWRIGHT OWNER AND I WANT IT
TAKEN DOWN4@ IT'S CALLED A
áTAKEDOWN NOTICEá...4@ BUT
HOLLAND CAUTIONS THE LAW IS
áNOTá ONE SIZE FITS ALL... AND
THOSE 4@TAKEDOWN NOTICES, HE
SAYS, WORK BETTER IN SOME
SITUATIONS THAN IN OTHERS
AND ON SITES WHERE 3RD PARTY
USERS UPLOAD CONTENT... WHICH
IS COMMON NOW... HOLLAND SAYS
THINGS CAN GET EVEN TRICKIER
4@ THEY CAN IF 4@THEY4@ WANT SAY
'WELL WE WILL PASS THIS ALONG
TO THE 4@USER AND LET THEM KNOW
4@YOU'VE MADE A CLAIM AND THEN
YOU KNOW BASICALLY YOU CAN
TAKE IT UP WI4@TH THEM' OR THEY
CAN HONOR IT4@BUT OVERALL... HE
SAYS THEY'RE USUALLY A
COPYRIGHT HOLDER'S BEST LINE
OF DEFENSE4@ AS FOR
TYNESHA'S FAMILY... áTHISá
4@ STRUGGLE APPEARS TO BE OVER...
BUT THEIR SEARCH FOR JUSTICE
IS FAR FROM IT.4@ HER C4@AS
IS STILL OPEN... THE KILLER,
STILL ON THE LOOSE.. WHAT
THEY WANT NOW... IS ANSWERS.
AND THAT'S ALL WE WANT IS
CLOSURE. WE MAY NEVER MOVE IN,
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER
TYNESHA BUT ALLOW HER MOTHER
TO GET TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. GIVE
HER THAT PEACE OF MIND.
BECAUSE 4@WHAT WE LOST WE4@ CAN
NEVER GET IT BACK.IN MACON,
ZACH MERCHANT 13WMAZ
NEWS. 4@
NEVER GET IT BACK.IN MACON, ZACH MERCHANT 13WMAZ NEWS. IF YOU KNOW
IF
IF YOU
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CASE, YOU CAN CALL MACON REGIONAL CRIMESTOPPERS
AT 1-877-68-4@CRIME... AGAI
THAT NUMBER IS 1-877-68-CRIME.
áANDá FOR A MUCH MORE
4@
THAT NUMBER IS 1-877-68-CRIME. áANDá FOR A MUCH MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE
LAWS THAT COME INTO PLAY
HERE... AND A DESCRIPTION
OF WHAT THAT LEGAL 4@TAKEDOWN
NOTICE LOOKS LIKE AND HOW
áYOUá CAN SEND ONE IF YOU EVER
NEED TO... HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE
AT
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