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Donald Trump campaign raises more than $7m by selling mugshot merchandise
(www.aljazeera.com)
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Since Trump did not push the shutter button...Who owns the rights? Is it public domain?
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/101
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105
Public domain, as the photos were taken by a state employee, so no one is getting sued for selling them... not for that reason, anyway.
Huh. I was under the impression that only photos from US federal government were unquestionably under public domain and state/local agencies were a different matter.
Wikipedia seems to take the position that the picture is not in public domain, and there's non-free use disclaimers on the media page.
Yeah Federal low has anything made by the federal government's public domain but that does not automatically apply to the states, and some states do retain copyright over stuff their employees produce, including Georgia apparently. Therefore the copyright is owned by the state of Georgia
Would be hilarious if they took legal action.
Sounds like there's an easy $7m on the table