NEW YORK-Julia Butterfly Hill, who lived in a redwood tree nicknamed “Luna” for two years to protest old growth forest destruction, has reached an out of court settlement with OmniSky Corp., AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and the advertising agency TBWA Worldwide Inc. Ms. Hill sued the companies in federal court in Northern California in 2000, alleging the companies used her likeness without her permission to advertise OmniSky’s wireless Internet and e-mail service.
The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Ms. Hill said they included “payment of a consideration and an in-kind contribution of services,” which she plans to donate to non-profit groups involved in “land protection, social and ecological justice and sustainable living solutions.”
