About Trump's coffee table book?

[kentuck]

That he is now selling autographed copies for hundreds of dollars.

They have already sold out the first printing and are ready to print 300K more copies.

Did those photos belong to him or were they taken by the White House photographer? Were those photos part of the "documents" he stole from the White House?

If so, they belonged to the "government", the American people. He had no right to use them.

He is making money off property that belongs to the American people.

[OLDMDDEM]

1. I agree with you

I thought about that too. I don't know where to look to find out if your statement about the photos belonging to the government is correct, but I would think you are.

[MiHale]

2. Too expensive for toilet paper now...

I’ll wait for the paperback.

[PoliticAverse]

3. In general the government isn't allowed to copyright such things. They indeed belong to...

"the people" - that is anyone and everyone. Not sure about the details of this specific instance.

https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Most U.S. government creative works such as writing or images are copyright-free.

[EleanorR]

4. a publishing company co-started by junior publishing daddy's book

I'm sure there's no fuckery going on there.

[nykym]

5. Class action suit

for our fair share of the profits.
Wouldn't that burn his smelly ass.

[pandr32]

6. All excellent questions

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Photos were all Public record.

[Beaverhausen]

8. Pete Souza, who was Obama's photographer, put out a wonderful coffee table photo book

I don't think the nefarious part of this is who owns the photos.

I think the nefarious part is the publisher is Trump Jr

[keithbvadu2]

9. Was it this book that he whined he could not get enough supplies to print it?

Was it this book that he whined he could not get enough supplies to print it?

https://democraticunderground.com/100216293648

Former President Donald Trump claimed during a podcast Wednesday with former Fox Business host Lou Dobbs that he was unable to get the necessary supplies to print his book due to supply chain issues.