poserscience opened this issue on Feb 07, 2007 · 91 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Sat, 10 February 2007 at 4:16 PM
shrug Insofar as I know, Bush will always be a "valid target". Regardless of whether he's in or out of office. As with any public figure -- past or present. It's part of the price that a person pays for fame. Political cartoonists can still make satirical images of past presidents -- as well as of the current one.
Occasionally, a celebrity will sue over the misuse of their image. But it's legally "tough" for them to do -- and the burden of proof is definitely theirs to bear.
Sort of like the case of that New Zealand(?)-based website that mocks Tom Cruise. He hasn't been able to shut it down.