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The use of their likeness is protected under “right of publicity” if I’m correct.
by TerrifiedMouse 3y ago
The use of their likeness is protected under “right of publicity” if I’m correct.
- pbhjpbhj 3y agoCould you cite statute in whatever jurisdiction you're referring to please.
- throwaway17_17 3y agoNot GP, so I don’t know what jurisdiction he was imagining. But, the ‘right to publicity’ is a jurisprudential invention (1958), but it has since been codified in maybe half the states in the US. The case used most frequently in law school is Carson v. Here’s Johnny Portable Toilets, Inc (Carson was found to have right to his catchphrase even without a trademark). For a statute for instance in California Civil Code 3344 (which protects natural living persons’ likeness, voice, photographs, etc. — Also, none of the above is legal advice.
- TerrifiedMouse 3y agoNot a lawyer so don't speak lawyer but if you googled "right of publicity" a few well known cases come up like Vanna White vs Samsung. Vanna White won. There was also the case of Crispin Glover in Back to the Future 2. Glover also got paid.