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W.Va. man sues over use of mugshot [photoshop]
PhillyBurbs.com ^
| Nov 30 2009
| staff reporter
Posted on 11/30/2009 10:14:01 AM PST by Daffynition
A McMechen man whose mugshot won a measure of Internet fame is planning to sue companies he says are profiting from the image.
Patrick Tribett was arrested in Bellaire, Ohio, in 2005. Police say he had been huffing the fumes from gold spraypaint, and the lower half of his face was golden in his mugshot.
New Martinsville lawyer H. John Rogers says the image has appeared on T-shirts, coffee mugs and even a billboard in Europe.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: lawsuit; mugshot; photoshop; spraypaint
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To: 50mm
What? Me worry?
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12/01/2009 6:05:31 PM PST
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Nateman
(If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
To: Nateman
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12/01/2009 6:21:42 PM PST
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50mm
(AARP is a steaming pile)
To: Nateman
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12/01/2009 6:26:43 PM PST
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50mm
(AARP is a steaming pile)
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12/01/2009 6:39:12 PM PST
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50mm
(AARP is a steaming pile)
To: 50mm
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12/01/2009 6:48:49 PM PST
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50mm
(AARP is a steaming pile)
To: 50mm
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12/01/2009 6:57:06 PM PST
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Nateman
(If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
To: Nateman
You owe me a new keyboard! LOL
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12/01/2009 6:58:18 PM PST
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50mm
(AARP is a steaming pile)
To: Nateman
128
posted on
12/01/2009 7:47:52 PM PST
by
Eaker
(Kaiden sez, "If you have a problem and If explosives are an option then explosives are THE answer.")
To: Eaker
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12/01/2009 8:17:02 PM PST
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kanawa
To: Ptarmigan
Bunnies luv Beavis and Butt-Head.
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12/01/2009 9:29:05 PM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(Jew, conservative, and proud supporter of Israel.)
To: Nateman; 50mm
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12/01/2009 9:50:40 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(Vote conservative....Please pray for our Troops, our Vets, our Country, Families and Friends)
To: Slings and Arrows
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12/01/2009 10:34:07 PM PST
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Ptarmigan
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To: Ptarmigan
Good to see that you’re still in form.
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posted on
12/01/2009 11:58:33 PM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(Jew, conservative, and proud supporter of Israel.)
To: SnakeDoctor
The case is dead in the water anyway. The image is public domain. However the right of publicity may come into play and he might have a case under that doctrine depending on the state he lives in that he is suing commercial firms for using his image in billboards and other advertising.
Quote: "The right of publicity is generally defined as an individual's right to control and profit from the commercial use of his/her name, likeness and persona, which shall be referred to in this article as the "individual's identity". Protecting the individual from the loss of commercial value resulting from the unauthorized appropriation of an individual's identity for commercial purposes is the principle purpose of this body of law."
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12/02/2009 12:13:32 AM PST
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FreedomCalls
(It's called the "Statue of Liberty" and not the "Statue of Security.")
To: Eaker; Nateman
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12/02/2009 3:12:52 AM PST
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: JoeProBono
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12/02/2009 3:13:52 AM PST
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: a fool in paradise
Can you make Charles Manson collectible toys without “clearance” from his organization? Bit if trivia - Charles Manson also lived in McMechen, WV for a while.
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12/02/2009 3:16:45 AM PST
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Hacksaw
To: FreedomCalls
>> Protecting the individual from the loss of commercial value resulting from the unauthorized appropriation of an individual’s identity for commercial purposes is the principle purpose of this body of law.
It is this portion of your quotation which makes me think he has no case whatsoever. If this was an unauthorized public domain image of a celebrity, it would make sense. But, he doesn’t stand to lose any commercial value from this because his image had no commercial value.
SnakeDoc
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12/02/2009 6:13:38 AM PST
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SnakeDoctor
("Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much." -- John Wayne)
To: Slings and Arrows; Ptarmigan
The rabbit has a charming face:
Its private life is a disgrace.
I really dare not name to you
The awful things that rabbits do;
Things that your paper never prints -
You only mention them in hints.
They have such lost, degraded souls
No wonder they inhabit holes;
When such depravity is found
It only can live underground.
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12/02/2009 5:45:17 PM PST
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Harmless Teddy Bear
(I miss the competent fiscal policy and flag waving patriotism of the Carter Administration)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear; Ptarmigan
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12/02/2009 11:37:39 PM PST
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Slings and Arrows
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