No, Bill Cosby was the executive producer, and leader for the entirety of all of his properties so any structures that set up would be implicated any of it. Th

No, Bill Cosby was the executive producer, and leader for the entirety of all of his properties so any structures that set up would be implicated any of it. This is one of those cases where it maps directly one to one because personality was the marketing factor, much like with other name brand celebrities. If the benefits that you have received monetarily are a function of a personality portrayal and expectation of behavioral coherence from the audience then this is misappropriated value. The only argument you can make is one that is cynical, and assumes that we shouldn’t trust anybody for anything ever, and therefore all externalities have been priced into the exchange between the consumer and the producer.