<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’m no lawyer, so take this free advice for what it’s worth. My memory of my journalism law classes is that likenesses of public figures are free game for news purposes, but you may have to compensate the photographer or artist who produced the image. Use for commercial purposes is trickier, but unless you are doing something with the image that is actionable — calling him something he isn’t with reckless disregard for the truth — you’re pretty safe. My advice: Stay away from Q-Anon and the antivaxers, and you’re OK. Don’t waste your money on a lawyer. Bill Gates isn’t going to get himself in the newspapers suing a T-shirt company in Western Mass.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I wrote a magazine story once that put devil horns on Gates’ head and a spark of lightning between his fingers. He never complained. At least not to me. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="F868E89D-53E3-4EA2-A61F-FB80C9AC804B" width="399" height="472" src="cid:9D5E7D2C-8D56-4410-A9E5-C9304818D952" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 2, 2021, at 1:45 PM, Rich@tnr via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net" class="">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class="">Ouch since this is a living person, I say it is a lawyer
question, esp without knowing how stylized and the nature of the
use.<br class="">
Satire or other literary ok uses.</p><p class="">We have used Paul Rapp for some similar artistic copyright
Issues.<br class="">
Paul Rapp <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:paul@paulrapp.com"><paul@paulrapp.com></a><br class="">
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://paulrapp.com/">https://paulrapp.com/</a></p><p class="">Stay-well Rich<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/2/2021 1:17 PM, Deborah Chandler
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roman,serif;font-size:large;color:#444444">Hi folks,</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new
roman,serif;font-size:large;color:#444444">Is someone here
knowledgeable about the legal right to use the likeness of a
public figure? In this case, it is Bill Gates, and the image
is a stylized high contrast black and white image of his face
that is recognizable as Gates. I am not up on these legal
issues lately, and I let my membership in the Graphic Artists
Guild lapse years ago. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new
roman,serif;font-size:large;color:#444444">The situation is
this: The t-shirt printer is refusing to print this image on a
batch of t-shirts unless 1) we get permission from Bill Gates
and his people or 2) we use a different image that is already
in the public domain. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new
roman,serif;font-size:large;color:#444444">This job needs to
get printed asap, and yes, we are looking for an alternative
printer who will not refuse to print the t-shirt as it stands,
while also trying to work this out with the current printer. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new
roman,serif;font-size:large;color:#444444">I will forward the
image upon request. However, I think this is a broad-stroke
issue, not specific to the exact image we are using.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new
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