From the Atlanta Daily World:
The day after former President Donald Trump was arrested at Fulton County Jail, he made, what some initially believed, a savvy move to capitalize from his trip to Rice Street. Trump began to sell merchandise that featured his mugshot that included shirts, bumper stickers, posters, and beverage coolers. In one day, Trump raised $4.18 million, … Continued
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Short article but here’s the important bit:
According to Georgia law, “photographs taken by law enforcement during the booking process, the author of the mugshot photograph is the law enforcement agency.”
Fulton County owns the image of Trump’s website and has the right to recoup any funds that are earned from the copyright violation. If a lawsuit is filed, it would have to come from the sheriff’s office.
So sending out an email with the picture, probably legit…
Selling merchandise with the image tho, and the copyright owner can go after the money.
Taking money from a con man and giving it to a police agency to improve conditions in a corrections facility? Do it.
To make it “fair”, they can use it to build a new wing to hold Trump that will satisfy the secret service.
Delicious.
I actually wondered this when I saw the t shirts and he had removed the watermark.
@Son_of_dad @AtlDailyWorldNewsBot That same logic can be used by the government to lock down information it doesn’t want widely spread. I don’t think I’m in favor of “government copyright”.
I’m pretty sure the federal government cannot copyright anything. It’s bizarre that state governments can…sometime it obstructs access to important documents. It’s also bizarre that a person would not have an implicit license to use their won likeness, regardless of who created it (unless they voluntarily signed it away)
