Has William Montgomery been involved in any controversies or legal cases related to photography or image rights?

1. Who the reporting actually profiles: Philip Montgomery, not William

The most robust photography coverage in the search set profiles Philip Montgomery — his work, arrests while covering protests, and ethical issues around photographing in hospitals where HIPAA and consent rules apply — including long-form pieces from The New Yorker and Aperture that document his photojournalism practices and the constraints he faced while covering COVID and protests ^{[1] [7] [8] [2]}. Those sources describe field hazards, encounters with police, and consent protocols in hospitals ^{[1] [7]}. They do not concern anyone named William Montgomery; relying on them to attribute controversies to a William would conflate two different people ^{[1] [7]}.

2. No sourced record here of William Montgomery and image-rights disputes

Among the search results, there are items that mention “William Montgomery” in other contexts — stock-photo listings (Alamy) and several legal records or criminal cases involving people named William or Bill Montgomery — but none of the supplied documents report litigation or controversy specifically about photography or image rights brought by, against, or involving a William Montgomery ^{[9] [6] [10]}. Therefore: available sources do not mention a William Montgomery being involved in image‑rights litigation or publicized photography controversies ^{[9] [6]}.

3. Some search hits are low-quality or likely spam; treat them cautiously

Two PDF pages in the dataset are explicit, spam-like pages claiming “sex videos” or “viral” clips tied to a William Montgomery; these appear to be aggregator/spam pages and do not provide credible reporting or legal documentation ^{[4] [5]}. Such items carry an implicit agenda — traffic generation or defamation — and cannot be treated as authoritative evidence of litigation or controversy. The presence of those pages in the results should raise caution about name-based misinformation online ^{[4] [5]}.

4. Related legal Montgomerys in the dataset are on different issues

The search includes legal reporting about “Bill Montgomery” and cases involving the Montgomery name — for example, coverage of Arizona jurist Bill (William G.) Montgomery and calls for his recusal in abortion-related litigation, and separate criminal appeals or case files for individuals named William Montgomery — but these concern judicial conduct, criminal law, or medical-law precedents ^{[3] [6] [11]}. None of those items link those Montgomerys to photography or image‑rights disputes in the material provided ^{[3] [6]}.

5. Why confusion can arise — common surname, multiple fields

Montgomery is a common surname; the dataset shows photographers (Philip Montgomery), stock-photo entries for the name “William Montgomery,” judicial figures (William G. Montgomery), and criminal-case records for other Williams named Montgomery ^{[2] [9] [3] [6]}. This mixing of identities in search results can create false associations. Journalistic standards require matching the correct person to reported actions before asserting controversies exist ^{[2] [3]}.

6. What further reporting would be needed to answer conclusively

To confirm whether any specific William Montgomery faced photography or image-rights controversies you would need authoritative sources such as court dockets, reputable news coverage, or statements from rights-holders or agencies referencing that individual by full identifying details. Those sources are not present in the provided set; available sources do not mention such a case tied to a William Montgomery ^{[9] [6] [3]}.

Limitations: This analysis is limited strictly to the supplied search results; there may be relevant coverage outside this dataset that is not represented here — I do not assert such coverage exists because the provided sources do not mention it ^{[4] [5]}.