Comments on: Mugshot sites sued http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/mugshot-sites-sued.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Promethean Sky http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/mugshot-sites-sued.html#comment-1619512 Promethean Sky Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203606#comment-1619512 The sheer number of sleazy outfits online continues to shock me. This is despite the fact that I already find most of the human race utterly despicable. The sheer number of sleazy outfits online continues to shock me. This is despite the fact that I already find most of the human race utterly despicable.

]]> By: hugh crawford http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/mugshot-sites-sued.html#comment-1619282 hugh crawford Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203606#comment-1619282 You don't need a photo release to use someone's photo for journalism or art. You do need a photo release to use someone's photo for trade or advertising.This is pretty obviously the latter not the former. You don’t need a photo release to use someone’s photo for journalism or art.
You do need a photo release to use someone’s photo for trade or advertising.This is pretty obviously the latter not the former.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/mugshot-sites-sued.html#comment-1619046 SomeGuyNamedMark Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203606#comment-1619046 "Phil Kaplan, a 34-year-old freelance graphic artist charged in 2011 for failure to disperse from a party a few doors from his Toledo residence, said his mug appeared on bustedmugshots.com and mugshotsonline, which he said charge hundreds to get a photo removed. He refused to pay." Maybe "blackmail.com" would be a better name. “Phil Kaplan, a 34-year-old freelance graphic artist charged in 2011 for failure to disperse from a party a few doors from his Toledo residence, said his mug appeared on bustedmugshots.com and mugshotsonline, which he said charge hundreds to get a photo removed. He refused to pay.”

Maybe “blackmail.com” would be a better name.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/mugshot-sites-sued.html#comment-1619025 Boundegar Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203606#comment-1619025 Because even the pretense of privacy is completely obsolete? Because even the pretense of privacy is completely obsolete?

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