| NamePros Regular Location: Canada Join Date: Dec 2007 | I think she has a pretty good case and it doesn't have to do with having a trademarked name as the blogger wondered. There's some law where you can't profit off another persons likeness and I think that extends to other things but not sure of the details. I learned when making t-shirts that pics of celebs are off limits even though they are not TM'ed.
On the other hand pics of politicians are okay (assuming the pic itself isnt copyright) because they have chosen to be 'public figures'
The argument that there are other Ashley Dupre's doesn't hold much water with their sites that feature her prominently.
$10Million sounds very inflated though, as is typical of US litigation!
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