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Originally Posted by count of monte cristo
if i see a person in public and take a picture of them, can i do anything i want with that photo?
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you can do whatever you want until you're told not to.
but if you take a picture of your ex-girlfriend at the mall and publish it on a website with the words "im a whore, call me 999-999-9999" dont be surprised if you're told by a judge who is awarding her a cash settlement from it.
unless you can prove that she is in fact a whore, it doesnt matter if you make any money from the photo or not, she only needs one other person to claim they saw it and believed it.
even if she didnt actually suffer any damages from it, the judge can award her punitive damages.... punitive damages are meant to punish a person or entity, and the sky is the limit.