Because the stamp of 'Statue of Liberty' used photographs of the replica image, a ruling to pay about 400 million yen to the replica producer will be given

The stamp of the "Statue of Liberty" issued by the American Postal Service (USPS), which is responsible for the American postal service , was using photographs of replicas in Las Vegas instead of genuine, the Federal Claims Court issued a stamp on USPS I ordered $ 3.5 million (about 390 million yen) from the earnings to pay to replica maker Robert Davidson.

US post must pay $ 3.5 m for wrong Lady Liberty on stamp - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44729770

Postal Service misidentifies Statue of Liberty in stamp, $ 3.5 M mistake
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/07/06/postal-service-misidentifies-statue-liberty-stamp-million-mistake/762306002/

The stamp which became a problem was a motif of the Statue of Liberty issued by the USPS in 2010. The face part of the goddess statue was up and it was designed to make it feel "American likeness" ......

Actually, this face is not a world heritage "Statue of Liberty" standing on the "Liberty Island" in New York, but a half-scale replica placed in front of the casino hotel " New York / New York " in Las Vegas I photographed it.

By Jen

Mr. Davidson who produced the replica image noticed that the image used for the stamp is the one belonging to his work and asked for coping with USPS. However, since satisfactory correspondence was not obtained from the USPS side, it was suing against USPS in 2013. Although UPSP recognized misuse as of 2011, it did not respond to contact from Mr. Davidson, and also did not take measures to add Mr. Davidson's copyright notation to stamp design, 2014 I continued to issue stamps of this design until the year.

Actually, in the real Statue of Liberty and this replica image, the modeling of the face is somewhat different. In the following article reported by the American news media "USA Today", it is possible to compare the face of the real one with the face of the replica by dragging with the mouse over the face of the statue of liberty.

Postal Service misidentifies Statue of Liberty in stamp, $ 3.5 M mistake
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/07/06/postal-service-misidentifies-statue-liberty-stamp-million-mistake/762306002/

The replica (right) created by Mr. Davidson has been arranged in the eyes and lips part compared to the real face of a gentle appearance (left) drifting somewhere even masculinity. This is one that puts a hand in the face with the aim of "to match the townscape in Las Vegas", according to Mr. Davidson's statue of the Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas "sexy than genuine" Yes, "It is not so different that you can not make a mistake".

Judge Eric Bruggink in the judgment on June 29, 2018 (PDF) recognized that USPS infringed Mr. Davidson's copyright. Then, USPS estimates the profit from 4.9 billion stamps sold before the cease of publication in 2014 as $ 70 million (about 7.7 billion yen), and to Mr. Davidson about 3.5 million dollars He told me to pay 390 million yen). The USPS tried at the trial that the replica was "very similar to the original in New York and can not be distinguished from each other", but the judge halted this as "nonsense".

In the judgment sentence, the USPS responded to the interrogation by the Federal parliamentarians by saying, "The image should have displayed attributed to Mr. Davidson" and "To prepare procedures to prevent such mistakes from occurring in the future" It is stating that it is answering that you are recognizing. Regarding this matter, it is said that comment has not been obtained from USPS.