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In an August 2005 [[Smithsonian (magazine)|''Smithsonian'']] magazine article about the MMU photo, McCandless is quoted as saying that the subject's anonymity is its best feature. "I have the sun visor down, so you can't see my face, and that means it could be anybody in there. It's sort of a representation not of Bruce McCandless, but mankind."<ref name="Broache">[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Footloose.html Footloose] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203123156/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Footloose.html |date=December 3, 2013 }}, ''[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]'', August 2005; Retrieved October 9, 2010</ref>
On September 30, 2010, McCandless launched a lawsuit against British singer [[Dido (singer)|Dido]] for unauthorized use of a photo of his 1984 space flight for the album art of her 2008 album ''[[Safe Trip Home]]'', which showed McCandless “free flying” about 320 feet away from the Space Shuttle ''Challenger''.<ref>[http://celebrity.uk.msn.com/news/gossip/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=154834589 "Dido sued by astronaut"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714131424/http://celebrity.uk.msn.com/news/gossip/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=154834589 |date=July 14, 2011 }}, [[MSN|MSN News]], Retrieved October 4, 2010</ref> The lawsuit, which also named Sony Corp.'s [[Sony Music|Sony Music Entertainment]] and [[Getty Images]] as defendants, did not allege copyright infringement but infringement of his [[Personality rights|persona]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101004130837/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-02/astronaut-mccandless-sues-singer-dido-over-free-flying-photo.html "Astronaut McCandless sues singer Dido over free flying photo"], ''Business Week'', Retrieved October 4, 2010</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-10-01/british-pop-star-dido-sued-by-astronaut-over-use-of-space-flight-picture|title=Astronaut McCandless Sues Singer Dido Over 'Free Flying' Photo|newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=October 2, 2010 |via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> The action was settled amicably on January 14, 2011.<ref>''McCandless v. Sony Music Entertainment et al.'', Case No. CV10-7323-RGK (C.D. Cal.) (Docket No. 4 [Notice Of Settlement And Dismissal With Prejudice], filed January 14, 2011)</ref>
McCandless wrote the foreword to the book ''Live TV from Orbit'' by Dwight Steven-Boniecki.<ref>2014, Apogee Books, {{ISBN|978-1926837-28-4}}</ref>
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