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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: Daffynition
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posted on
11/30/2009 5:54:36 PM PST
by
50mm
(AARP is a steaming pile)
To: 50mm; Nateman
St. Tribbett, the patron saint of dangerous inhalents/solvents
82
posted on
11/30/2009 5:56:22 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: freedomlover
83
posted on
11/30/2009 6:05:45 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: 50mm
84
posted on
11/30/2009 6:07:26 PM PST
by
Nateman
(If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
To: Nateman
85
posted on
11/30/2009 6:14:41 PM PST
by
50mm
(AARP is a steaming pile)
To: 50mm
86
posted on
11/30/2009 6:21:36 PM PST
by
Nateman
(If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
To: Nateman
87
posted on
11/30/2009 6:27:45 PM PST
by
50mm
(AARP is a steaming pile)
To: 50mm
A very rare...
88
posted on
11/30/2009 7:19:41 PM PST
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
To: TheOldLady
It surely isn’t. Somebody needs to tell this guy that when you find you’ve dug yourself into a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging.
89
posted on
11/30/2009 8:00:14 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Jew, conservative, and proud supporter of Israel.)
To: Locomotive Breath
He could be the spokesman for the HUFFington Post.
90
posted on
11/30/2009 8:08:27 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Jew, conservative, and proud supporter of Israel.)
To: Daffynition; reagan_fanatic; a real Sheila; 50mm; Lizavetta; Roscoe Karns; edzo4; Netizen; ...
Alas poor Tribett ,I knew him well!
91
posted on
12/01/2009 1:52:45 AM PST
by
Nateman
(If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
To: Nateman
HAHAHAHA! OMG! HAHAHAHA!
92
posted on
12/01/2009 2:03:44 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Slings and Arrows
To: visualops
Public figures are public figures. Whether they are elected or other “celebrities”.
This man under arrest did not ask for fame and does not seek to make money on his name. He did not accept elected office.
The knick knacks are bootleg merchandise and he has a right to pursue recourse for the commercial exploitation of his likeness.
Hanoi Red Fonda made herself a political activist and herself was arrested with mugshot photos.
What is asinine is that today there are hucksters who have bought off enough legislators that we now have “trademarked” the likenesses of people like Babe Ruth, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, and others who are DEAD. Even dressing up like them for ads is a no no. You cannot defame the dead. There is no libeling of dead people. And in the case of Miss “Monroe”, it isn’t even any sort of family relation that sees the money from her estate. It went to her psychiatrist and then to his wife’s relatives.
94
posted on
12/01/2009 7:42:23 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The myth of man made global warming is science fiction.)
To: 50mm
95
posted on
12/01/2009 8:20:56 AM PST
by
Nateman
(If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
To: Nateman
To huff, or not to huff: that is the question:
Whether 'tis sillier in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to toke fumes against a sea of troubles,
And by inhaling ignore them?
96
posted on
12/01/2009 8:46:13 AM PST
by
Nateman
(If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
To: Slings and Arrows
97
posted on
12/01/2009 8:48:15 AM PST
by
Nateman
(If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
To: Nateman
98
posted on
12/01/2009 9:10:33 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Jew, conservative, and proud supporter of Israel.)
To: Locomotive Breath
99
posted on
12/01/2009 9:13:08 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Jew, conservative, and proud supporter of Israel.)
To: Daffynition
100
posted on
12/01/2009 11:16:32 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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