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Would it be legal to market a film as "Starring Bruce Willis" if he hasn't actually acted in the film at all? I'd have thought it should be something like "Feat
by onion2k 4y ago
Would it be legal to market a film as "Starring Bruce Willis" if he hasn't actually acted in the film at all? I'd have thought it should be something like "Featuring the likeness of Bruce Willis".
- socialismisok 4y agoLet me tell you about this author named "Tom Clancy"...
- onion2k 4y agoNone of the Tom Clancy things claim to be by him or starring him. It's just "Tom Clancy's generic covert ops game". "Starring" definitely implies Bruce is actually in the film. I imagine an obvious work around would be "With Bruce Willis" or just "Bruce Willis" on the poster.
- spockz 4y agoPen names and ghost writing are really old. Most of the time it pretty clear who actually wrote the book.
- MrVandemar 4y agoThey could market the film as "Starring 'Bruce Willis'". You can get away with almost anything with skilful quote deployment.
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