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Originally Posted by RickeyM
Meanwhile legal eagles say Rump is in violation of copyright law by hawking merch with his mugshot on them. The image they say actually belongs to the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. They could sue him for all the money he's raised for violating their copyright.
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Another Artie moment. I thought anything in the public domain is public but not so here.
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As a general principle, the owner of a photo’s copyright is the person (or entity) who takes that photo, not its subject. In federal criminal cases, the U.S. government is not permitted to own the copyright to booking photos, so they are considered in the public domain. However, that is generally not the case with mug shots taken in state and local criminal proceedings.
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https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-...rab-rcna102825
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