From the article: "No written permission of any kind was ever given by the students."
What's the statute of limitations on something like this? I'm guessing since this occurred so long ago, nothing can be done.
What's the statute of limitations on something like this? I'm guessing since this occurred so long ago, nothing can be done.
"Because copyrights are governed by federal law, there is only one statute of limitations for copyright claims. Copyright infringement claims are rights of the copyright owner of the photograph and have a three-year statute of limitations from the date of the infringement. See 17 USC 507(b). Some courts start counting the three years when you had a reasonable chance to discover the infringement."
There are certain violations that will be exempted from the statute of limitations, but a moderate scandal/invasion of privacy isn't going to qualify. Wikipedia lists fraud against the court, international crimes, and heinous crimes, e.g. heinous violence