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Prophet 451

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12. Pretty sure she can sue

Reply to Segami (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 09:17 AM

Mar 2014

Everyone owns the rights to their name and likeness unless they lease it to a third party or it's used for satire (and that only applies to celebrities). Since she isn't a celebrity and this group used her likeness without permission, I'm pretty sure she can sue the pants off them.

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Conservatives Steal Blogger's Photo For Anti-Obamacare DIRTY TRICK [View all] Segami Mar 2014 OP

This is so, so wrong. nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #1

The GOP--the party of no morals riversedge Mar 2014 #2

And that, folks, is the true "sense of entitlement" in Amercan politics today JHB Mar 2014 #3

GOPers lie incessantly about Obamacare because they lie about everything, and the confusion in Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #4

Consiracy of Dunces C_U_L8R Mar 2014 #5

teabagger assholes are so stupid they can't even pull off a dirty trick without looking Cha Mar 2014 #6

I hope she suing warrior1 Mar 2014 #7

Why did they have to steal a photo of someone crying? icymist Mar 2014 #8

ummmmm,,, Cryptoad Mar 2014 #9

It's a C-O-N... uhhhhhhh SIRACY! frylock Mar 2014 #10

LOL! You can always tell a teabagger's dirty deeds. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #11

Pretty sure she can sue Prophet 451 Mar 2014 #12