I guess that means TF membership fees are going to increase.

Storms comin'

/hot

Depending on the state, mugshots are considered public records. It's highly unlikely that he can sue.

Some guy?
Subby you do know this is fark, right?

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

Tribett amended the lawsuit to add that he would accept three cans of spray paint in lieu of the $100 billion in damages.

/*snfff*

/ hotter than shoplifted Krylon

Holy crap, it actually IS that gold-faced guy... I figured this would just be a fun thread opportunity to see his pic again.

What a photoshop of Tribbett might look like....


/Hey! Why don't we put all our past Tribbett 'shops up, have a nice retrospective: Hufferman through the years.......?

I would accept a dollar-a-month increase in TF fees if the proceeds went to providing this guy a steady supply of spray paint, an apartment to share with Bubb Rubb, and a webcam.

I hope he wins--that's the worst Fark PS meme ever.

That WHOOSHING sound is all the goodwill from yesterday's thread leaving Fark.

Earguy: Sober for eight weeks, and he's making a cash grab. I doubt he'll be able to collect royalties, since mug shots are considered public property. He might be able to get a judge to entertain a lawsuit about his humiliation. But considering that he's done this several times - this is not his only paint-faced mugshot - I doubt that'd fly either.
This mug shot is several years old, and he's just now getting his head clear enough to realize he's made himself a laughing stock.
Good luck with your sobriety, sir. As far as your lawsuit goes, "lotsa luck with that."

I don't think Tribbett was behind this. He said himself that he didn't even know how famous he was on the internet until recently. I think his new fancy lawyer saw a naive struggling addict and thought he'd get himself a nice payday.

People who are just sobering up usually don't like a lot of drama or stress. They know it's bad for them. And from the interview I saw with this guy, he just doesn't sound like the type to launch a big lawsuit like this.

Suck it, Tribett!

towatchoverme: That WHOOSHING sound is all the goodwill from yesterday's thread leaving Fark.

My thoughts exactly. Everyone was so happy to see him sober and well wishing him.

Now, he has just sealed his online fate.

I blame Drew for this, the poor TFers are just doing his will.

I wasn't under the impression that Tribbett was behind the suit, but the article was pretty poorly written.

There's a nice link here to 5, yes 5 mugshots of the guy??

Link (new window)

simpsonfan: Forget baseball, filing lawsuits fapping is the great American pasttime.

I, for one, welcome our new golden-faced uhhh.... overlord? Really? I think we need a re-write.

towatchoverme: That WHOOSHING sound is all the goodwill from yesterday's thread leaving Fark.

This. Sorta. I'm conflicted.

Depends on how they are using the image.

http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/05/very-brief-model-release-prim e r.html

There are two different scenarios where you might make some money from the pictures but still don't need a model release. These are a) art, which is expression permitted under the First Amendment, and b) news, which is appropriate dissemination of information permitted under the principle of a free press. So let's say you heroically rescue a baby from a burning building. A photographer snaps you doing it, and the picture is all over the papers, TV, and internet. Tough cookies, hero-they can do that: you're news. A few months later, the picture (which is, let's say, oh so arty) shows up in a museum show with a bunch of other arty pics. They can do that too. A year goes by, and suddenly your picture is the basis of a national ad campaign for smoke detectors, under the heading, "I sure wish this baby's parents had purchased a Wizmo!" They can't do that. Well, they can, but you're entitled to a piece of the action. Sue 'em, honey.

Surely:

ne2d: I hope he wins--that's the worst Fark PS meme ever.

If he wins the lawsuit, he'll just end up blowing his money on more expensive drugs, instead of cheap old spraypaint

Ok so he's suing Fark, 4chan, The Smoking Gun, and Krylon I guess?

I forget the rest of the joke but your mother's a whore.

Meh. Random people on the internet using your image to make fun of you is one thing; jackasses printing it on mugs and t-shirts, making bank off of your ugly mug, is something completely different. Good on his lawyer for suggesting it.

Hopefully, the humiliation will help keep him sober.

He may e able to sue for a portion of the royalties from tshirt and "mug" sales.

Maybe he's just mad that Wheezer didn't put him in the Pork and Beans video....Quick! Someone PS his face on the Raditude dog to make up for it!

Tobias Funke approves.

Glitchwerks: towatchoverme: That WHOOSHING sound is all the goodwill from yesterday's thread leaving Fark.

This. Sorta. I'm conflicted.

This story was in the same paper yesterday as the one that was posted here. So I saw it yesterday....and I still think the lawyer is the fink here.

Addicts are like children. When they first clean up, they're just like little kids. Very easy to take advantage of. Believe all kinds of pie-in-the-sky stuff. After all, they're straight, right? Anything can happen! The world is beautiful!

/I should know--I got married right after I sobered up. Dumbest move of my life.

Earguy: I doubt he'll be able to collect royalties, since mug shots are considered public property.

Not an expert, but I think "public domain" shots, including both mugshots and photos taken in public and used in a newspaper, are not free to use by companies profiting from the image.

I believe anyone can photograph you (in public), the news can publish you, and the Internet can parody you, but no one can use you to sell soup.

Anyone able to confirm?

wmoonfox: Meh. Random people on the internet using your image to make fun of you is one thing; jackasses printing it on mugs and t-shirts, making bank off of your ugly mug, is something completely different. Good on his lawyer for suggesting it.

Meh. Random people jackasses on the internet Fark using your image to make fun of you is one thing; jackasses printing it on mugs and t-shirts, making bank off of your ugly mug, is something completely different. Good on his lawyer for suggesting it.

FTFY

If there ever was an article fit for FARK, this is it.

wmoonfox: making bank off of your ugly mug, is something completely different

Thats how I read the article also. I dont think Fark has anything to worry about, unless you make a t-shirt out of this headline ;)