The U.S. Postal Service has to pay a Las Vegas sculptor more than $3.5 million after it was revealed they displayed the wrong Statue of Liberty on a stamp.
Federal Judge Eric Bruggink ruled last week that the postal service has to pay sculptor Robert Davidson $3,554,946.95, plus interest, for copyright infringement fines after the agency depicted his replica of the Statue of Liberty instead of the original statue.
According to the court document, the stamp, which sold roughly 4.9 billion copies, was sold from December 2010 through January 2014 and generated over $2 billion in revenue.
Bruggink sided with Davidson after deciding that his statue was “unmistakably” different and the differences were “plainly visually observable.” He cited the replica’s feminine appeal and softer features compared to the originals.
Davidson first sued for copyright infringement in 2013.
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