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I don’t think my kids have any more right to use my name than a corporation, unless I specifically grant them that right (like Walt Disney did by naming it the
by spoonjim 5y ago
I don’t think my kids have any more right to use my name than a corporation, unless I specifically grant them that right (like Walt Disney did by naming it the Walt Disney company). Another sickening one is the Ed Lee Club in SF, who endorses political candidates under the name of a much-loved dead SF mayor.
- paxys 5y agoYour kids have the right to everything you own (including your name) by default unless you take steps to change that, say using a will or estate.
- spoonjim 5y agoYes, I know, I'm saying that it should not be that way. Rights to your likeness should end at your death unless you specifically write down otherwise.
- oblio 5y agoDo you have kids?
- spoonjim 5y agoYes.
- oblio 5y agoAnd you think they shouldn't have that right because of social concerns like accumulation of wealth?
- spoonjim 5y agoNo, because they don’t own my identity! If my name is valuable I can will it to them. I can will my money to them. I just don’t think they should be able to endorse political candidates with my name after I’m dead, unless I specifically gave them that right by contract.
- oblio 5y agoYou'd be dead...