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Wait. Does that mean I could make an advertising/animation film with the protagonists looking like famous actors or does another law then apply?
by ralfd 10y ago
Wait. Does that mean I could make an advertising/animation film with the protagonists looking like famous actors or does another law then apply?
- dspillett 10y agoA few things might cover it. If you are seen as implying that the famous actors are in the film in order to sell more then that is fraud (obtaining money by false pretences). If it can be argued that the output makes the real people look bad (via bad performance or association with subject matter they are not happy with) then perhaps there is a defamation case to be had. Of course, right or wrong, there is always just the money argument: go up against someone famous (or a company acting on their behalf) in court and see who runs out of cash reserves first...
- tracker1 10y agoPotentially brand and/or trademark...
- _petronius 10y agoCommerical rights to your own personality and likeness are protected: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_rights Not sure of the implications of that for non-government applications of facial recognition technology, though. Sounds like an interesting potential test case.