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Graphical Manipulation - Beheaded and Sold?

Posted by Cliff on from the identity-frog dept.

popdookey asks: "Can a known image of me be beheaded and marketed as someone else without my permission? I just returned home to Georgia and discovered that my head had been replaced on a favorite photograph that was now being used to promote sandwiches. It was a great photo of a few of the old-time employees and founders of a very successful restaurant franchise taken in front of its original location. The faces of the employees have been replaced with those of the wealthy but absent owners to create a more marketable and nostalgic image. It is great advertising, but 92.3% of that body is mine as was 100% of its contribution. Is this legal without my permission, and if so, wouldn't this lead to historical fraud?"

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  1. This has got to be the strangest Ask Slashdot. by amarodeeps · · Score: 3, Funny
    Except for the one I was about to post.
    amarodeeps asks: I've had reconstructive surgery more than five times in the last two years, owing to an episode of explosive diarrhea gone bad (I'm a competitive explosive diarrhea vaulter, ranked twelfth in the world). Yesterday, I found out that my left cheek (not that cheek!) was used by a doctor in an ad to promote his plastic surgery practice. Is this legal? Should I be getting royalties? How should I approach this, do I need a lawyer? Should I really be asking this question on ask slashdot in the first place?? Thanks!
    1. Re:This has got to be the strangest Ask Slashdot. by Eosha · · Score: 2, Funny

      Great. Now you've got me thinking about how "fair use" applies to my ass...

      Note to self: avoid prison.

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      I have a girlfriend whose name doesn't end in .JPG
  2. I can help.. by manavendra · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...if you let me know how you found out precisely 92.3% of you was on this modified picture...

    I love computers!

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    http://efil.blogspot.com/
  3. Hi. I'm Troy McClure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi. I'm Troy McClure. You might remember me from such headless TV advertisements as "Don't Stand Up at Cedar Point" and "Sleepy Hollow Mattress Sale This Weekend"

    1. Re:Hi. I'm Troy McClure by frAme57 · · Score: 2, Funny
      Thank you, whoever you are, for the coffee on my shirt and in my keyboard. I didn't know it would burn so much in my sinuses and nose.

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      "In a hierarchy every employee will rise to his level of incompetence". The Peter Principle
  4. face it pal by jeffy124 · · Score: 3, Funny

    all your head shots are belong to us

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    The One Rule Of Chess You'll Ever Need: Don't play someone who carries a kit in their bookbag.
  5. Get over it, Jared. by Lendrick · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just returned home to Georgia and discovered that my head had been replaced on a favorite photograph that was now being used to promote sandwiches.

    The terms of your contract specifically state that we can use your likeness in any way we want, including photoshopping some other dude's head onto your body.

    Thank you,
    The Subway Legal Department