The operator of popular live streaming site channelsurfing.net, has allegedly made $90,000 from sold ad space on the site since 2005. "Brian McCarthy allegedly hid behind the anonymity of the Internet to make a quick buck through what is little more than high-tech thievery". This is true, but then he got arrested and is facing a maximum 5 year jail sentence...
I thought this was interesting because whoever wins no longer has the right to his own face. I thought it would be an interesting case study considering the interplay between life-rights, copyright of the Ken doll, and any other contractual restrictions that would go with winning this kind of competition.
In the bottom corner of the page, there is an ad that keeps running to the tune of "Spoonful of Sugar" from Mary Poppins. The chances that it's legally licensed? Super sweet-n-low.