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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 07:49 PM
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What do you think about sites like Mugshots.com who post pictures of people not yet convicted...
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of any crime? Is this an invasion of privacy? Is it libelous? Does posting these pictures imply guilt? What if you didn't do anything wrong but were arrested and had your mug shot posted all over the internet ...and then had charges against you dropped? IMO when someones picture for any reason is in the public domain is is free to usew so long as you don't profit from it. What do you think?
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  -What do you think about sites like Mugshots.com who post pictures of people not yet convicted... L0oniX  May-22-11 07:49 PM   #0 
  - pigs.com, I mean online police magazines such as police one and officer.com  Dawson Leery   May-22-11 07:54 PM   #1 
  - Isn't the info public domain since they are taken by law enforcement and posted on gov websites?  L0oniX   May-22-11 08:01 PM   #3 
  - They are probably illegal in many countries  izquierdista   May-22-11 07:55 PM   #2 
  - I'm all for it, we need to stop running away from this shit, treating it as some sort of taboo.  bemildred   May-22-11 08:05 PM   #4 
  - Guilty first and maybe ask questions later? No trial but you are guilty by implication of a picture?  L0oniX   May-22-11 08:13 PM   #6 
     - Cops lie, we need to stop acting as though an accusation is a conviction.  bemildred   May-22-11 08:18 PM   #8 
        - People lie. That is why one can hear, at nearly every court in the  Obamanaut   May-23-11 06:24 AM   #25 
           - And cops, one and all, are people.  bemildred   May-23-11 07:35 AM   #29 
  - Fraud website.  SmileyRose   May-22-11 08:09 PM   #5 
  - If that's true, the employee is in for a big wad of moolah.  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   May-22-11 08:20 PM   #11 
  - Definitely need some federal guidelines. Certain jurisdications come down for fully public.  sharesunited   May-22-11 08:14 PM   #7 
  - To me it's about the same thing as the "do not fly list". You are guilty ...of something ...  L0oniX   May-22-11 08:18 PM   #10 
     - Hang on now. Anyone who tries to open an airplane door in mid flight can be on a no fly list.  sharesunited   May-22-11 08:26 PM   #14 
  - I think they should not be allowed. But we live in a  sabrina 1   May-22-11 08:18 PM   #9 
  - Sue on what grounds? It's true that they were arrested, and that they were photographed.  Nye Bevan   May-22-11 08:24 PM   #13 
     - Would you bother to employ someone whos picture is posted on Mugshots.com?  L0oniX   May-22-11 08:30 PM   #15 
     - So long as you can demonstrate damages, you can sue.  sabrina 1   May-23-11 12:19 AM   #19 
        - So mugshots should not be circulated until guilt has been established?  Nye Bevan   May-23-11 12:29 AM   #20 
           - He WAS convicted.  sabrina 1   May-23-11 12:43 AM   #21 
  - Off topic but you know that little bug in your sig line?  proud2BlibKansan   May-22-11 08:21 PM   #12 
  - I thought that was a feature, not a bug.  Nye Bevan   May-22-11 08:38 PM   #16 
  - fine  provis99   May-22-11 08:45 PM   #17 
  - Newspapers and the TV networks publish pictures everyday  former9thward   May-22-11 10:30 PM   #18 
  - You can get mugshots of anyone arrested from your Sheriff's Dept.  LooseWilly   May-23-11 12:43 AM   #22 
  - Rec'd for being thoughtful enough to ask the question.  sabrina 1   May-23-11 12:46 AM   #23 
  - Thank you.  L0oniX   May-23-11 12:23 PM   #33 
  - When I was smeared years ago.  RandomThoughts   May-23-11 03:33 AM   #24 
  - Obscene  XanaDUer   May-23-11 06:34 AM   #26 
  - There's even a sub-folder on mugshots.com called "Beatups"?  XanaDUer   May-23-11 06:38 AM   #27 
     - Jeeze. n/t  L0oniX   May-23-11 12:53 PM   #35 
  - Despicable.  blindpig   May-23-11 06:59 AM   #28 
  - Don't like 'em. Don't look at 'em. Don't have a high opinion of those who do. (n/t  Iggo   May-23-11 07:37 AM   #30 
  - If it's OK to publish the mugshots what's not OK about makine a profit?  lunatica   May-23-11 07:39 AM   #31 
  - What do you think about countries which have secret arrests?  jberryhill   May-23-11 07:47 AM   #32 
     - Like the USA?  L0oniX   May-23-11 12:41 PM   #34 
 

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