what would sadie may say about this whole situation? >> sadie may was a pretty extraordinary woman. i'm sure she would be amused to find her reputation brought to the surface and so much attention paid to her. >> reporter: as much as they want the painting back, museum officials aren't prepared to say they will wage a legal fight to get it. they're piecing together how the painting was stolen and how it got to a flee market in west virginia. brian todd, cnn, baltimore. >>> "cnn newsroom" starts at the top of the hour. fred whitfield here with us. >> we have lots, beginning with our legal guys who join us every saturday. avery and richard. we have an interesting case. you know you take a picture and put it on your facebook or blog, the protect is protected to a certain extent, right sph. >> absolutely. >> a gay couple of new jersey they took a beautiful picture of themselves and it was lifted and anti-gay campaign and now this couple has filed suit. that's the picture that they took and it was superimposed and the background changed from that beautiful manhattan skyline to a colorado