Judge spanks Mugshots.com hard for charging for photo removal
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/mugshot-website-must-face-class-action-for-charging-to-remove-photos/
Websites that publish mug shots and charge for their removal
have defeated one lawsuit after the other, claiming First
Amendment protection. But that defense to this shady industry
may be about to burst. That's because a federal judge, ruling
on a lawsuit by several arrestees suing Mughshots.com, just
approved a novel class-action. It's one that takes legal
advantage of the site's practice of displaying advertising
links to paid removal services that the lawsuit claims are
owned by Mugshots.com. US District Judge Sharon Johnson
Coleman of Chicago didn't go so far as to say this vile
practice amounted to extortion, as alleged. Instead, she ruled
(PDF) that this likely amounted to a violation of the
arrestees' right of publicity because the site was using the
mug shots as actual advertisements for the paid removal
service.
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