Topless photos ruling: First battle in privacy war

  • By GREGORY KATZ and THOMAS ADAMSON
    Associated Press
  • Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
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A news stand worker checks copies of Closer magazine in Nice, southern France, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. The magazine published 14 photos of a partially clad Kate Duchess of Cambridge in its pages on Friday. A French court ordered the magazine publisher to hand over all digital copies of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge within 24 hours and blocked further publication of what it called a "brutal display" of William and Kate's private moments. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

A news stand worker checks copies of Closer magazine in Nice, southern France, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. The magazine published 14 photos of a partially clad Kate Duchess of Cambridge in its pages on Friday. A French court ordered the magazine publisher to hand over all digital copies of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge within 24 hours and blocked further publication of what it called a "brutal display" of William and Kate's private moments. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)