Man suing anyone using his mug shot for photoshopping

[Morg]

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/new...mber/30/wva-man-sues-over-use-of-mugshot.html

W.Va. man sues over use of mugshot

The Associated Press

A McMechen man whose mugshot won a measure of Internet fame is planning to sue companies he says are profiting from the image.

Patrick Tribett was arrested in Bellaire, Ohio, in 2005. Police say he had been huffing the fumes from gold spraypaint, and the lower half of his face was golden in his mugshot.

New Martinsville lawyer H. John Rogers says the image has appeared on T-shirts, coffee mugs and even a billboard in Europe.

Rogers says he's preparing lawsuits against four companies for using Tribett's image for financial gain.


After the 2005 incident, Tribett was charged at least three more times with public intoxication in West Virginia.

Rogers says Tribett has been sober for eight weeks and is making progress.

and here's the pic!

 

[Majic Walrus]

Damnit! How come all the winners come from WV?

 

[VampElvis]

This is probably a much bigger issue than people will recognize because of who is actually litigating. I say good for him and I hope he wins. I think you should own your own likeness when it comes to commercial endeavors.

 

[Morg]

Damnit! How come all the winners come from WV?

It happen in Ohio

 

[Majic Walrus]

Yeah but the huffer is from WV and has been arrested since then for Public Intox.

 

[ComicChick]

i've never seen a manip of him

 

[Mace Dolex]

He's rockin' that Homer Simpson 5:00 shadow thing going on.

 

[Morg]

i've never seen a manip of him

not a fark fan are you?

 

[ComicChick]

i dont even know what fark is lol

 

[Majic Walrus]

 

[Prison Mike]

i've never seen a manip of him

i dont even know what fark is lol

same here.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

Damnit! How come all the winners come from WV?

It's something in the inbreeding.

 

[SuperFerret]

I'm surprised that we've gone this long without this thread becoming a photoshop thread dedicated to this picture.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Wow. He actually looks as stupid as the story suggests.

 

[chaseter]

He wasn't sniffing gold spray paint...he was with this guy:

 

[Aesop Rocks]

This guy is either really smart or really stupid.

 

[Lantern Venom]

This is probably a much bigger issue than people will recognize because of who is actually litigating. I say good for him and I hope he wins. I think you should own your own likeness when it comes to commercial endeavors.

I agree. Sure, it was stupid to huff paint and he deserved to get arrested. However, if money is being made off of his picture, he does have a point.

 

[LiveWire777]

I was sooooo hoping it would've been this guy right here

 

[Kane52630]

now what!

 

[Darthphere]

Is that Dustin Rhodes?

 

[Aesop Rocks]

now what!

Oh Kane, we hardly knew thee.

 

[Raiden]

I'd like to see a manip for this mugshot.

 

[SuperFerret]

now what!

Excellent use of Weird Al.

 

[Kane52630]

thanks

im still here Aesop Rocks lol

 

[Majic Walrus]

I just had an awesome idea for a joke, but if I tell it I'll get banned. But it involves Pegasus and it's horrible. Use your imagination.