New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) in a new filing asked a state judge to sanction former President Trump, his two adult sons and their legal team for $20,000, saying they continue to brin…

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) in a new filing asked a state judge to sanction former President Trump, his two adult sons and their legal team for $20,000, saying they continue to bring up arguments already rejected in court.

James — who is suing the former president, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, the Trump Organization and others for $250 million over allegations that they falsely inflated their assets — argued Tuesday that arguments raised by Trump’s legal team have been struck down twice by the court. An appeals court also separately rejected the claims.

When the Trump legal team raised the arguments the second time, the judge noted that they “were borderline frivolous even the first time defendants made them” and said that a “sophisticated defense counsel should have known better,” according to Tuesday’s filing.

  • fubo@lemmy.world
    141·
    1 year ago

    But the Fulton County Sheriff has a copyright on the mugshot, and can sue him for any profits off that stuff.

    Is that the case for Georgia state agencies? At the federal level, works created by a federal employee as part of their job are not subject to copyright; they’re automatically in the public domain. However that rule doesn’t apply to states and different states have different rules. This Wikipedia article on the subject doesn’t include Georgia.

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
      9·
      1 year ago

      Apparently it is.

      “In the context of photographs taken by law enforcement during the booking process, the author of the mugshot photograph is the law enforcement agency,” the 2022 University of Georgia School of Law’s Journal of Intellectual Property Law states.

      As such, Betsy Rosenblatt, a professor at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Law, says there are limitations to what people may do with such photographs. “You’re prohibited from using it for a number of things without authorization,” she told Spectrum News 1 Ohio.

      “You’re prohibited from reproducing it, making a derivative work of it, distributing it without authorization, or that is to say distributing anything that isn’t the one copy you already lawfully have, and various other things. Making a public display of it, making a public performance of it, which opens up all kinds of fascinating possibilities here.”

    • Teh@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      42·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I’d be surprised if a public photo was subject to copyright. Upside is that anyone ELSE can sell them.

      • fubo@lemmy.world
        5·
        1 year ago

        Some US states do hold copyright over state workers’ work. This isn’t illegal under federal law (though maybe it should be).

        • nillocEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          So the old lady at the DMV owns all our ID pics?

          • fubo@lemmy.world
            4·
            1 year ago

            No, as with all other work done as part of employment, the employer (in their case, the state) owns the copyright.

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        It was released by Fulton County, but they own the rights to it. They might end up buying a new fleet of cruisers over the copyright settlement.

        • Teh@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          41·
          1 year ago

          I’d be investing in riot gear, but then again I’m sort of hopeful as a person.