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I didn't see it addressed in the article, though I may have missed it, but would the family of Peter Cushing be paid for the use of his likeness? Do you need pe
by stevesearer 10y ago
I didn't see it addressed in the article, though I may have missed it, but would the family of Peter Cushing be paid for the use of his likeness? Do you need permission to use someone's likeness like a copyright or something?
- stupidcar 10y agoThis article by Vulture goes into some detail about it: http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rogue-one-peter-cushing-digital-likeness.html http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rogue-one-peter-cushing-digit... In short, personality (e.g. likeness) rights are well established in law, but vary by territory, especially for posthumous usage. Disney almost certainly negotiated with his estate / living descendents.
- Fezzik 10y agoPer [1] it looks like there was an agreement between Mr. Cushing's estate and Industrial Light & Magic. I would be surprised if this did not involve some sort of compensation to the estate. In this day and age though, I would also not be surprised if in some franchise contracts big studios try to get preemptive agreements to use an actor's likeness in future films. Obviously that was not the case here though. [1] http://www.slashfilm.com/grand-moff-tarkin-in-rogue-one/ http://www.slashfilm.com/grand-moff-tarkin-in-rogue-one/ Edited to add: for a long summary of likeness law, see: http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/using-name-or-likeness-another http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/using-name-or-likeness-anoth...