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Salesforce Paid $20M to License Einstein
- moralestapia 3y agoIs he not in the public domain already?
- trevoragilbert 3y agoThere’s some question about that. One group claims they own his likeness and they’re litigious so no one wants to push against it. https://amp.theguardian.com/media/2022/may/17/who-owns-einstein-the-battle-for-the-worlds-most-famous-face https://amp.theguardian.com/media/2022/may/17/who-owns-einst...
- mhuffman 3y agothe "One group" in question is Hebrew University in Israel. So not exactly a sue-happy small group so much as a super well-funded very large organization.
- moralestapia 3y agoSure, but even if they really want to own that and disregarding how good their lawyers are copyright law has a hard deadline. Einstein died 76 years ago, it should be public by now ... right?
- voxic11 3y agoThese are personality/publicity rights, not copyrights. They are much closer to trademarks in their purpose. In the US they are governed by state law and in some states they don't expire until 100 years after a person's death.
- moralestapia 3y agoThanks for expanding my knowledge on this!
- _fat_santa 3y agoThey licensed his name, likeness, etc back in 2016: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161011005979/en/Greenlight-Collaborates-with-Salesforce-to-License-Einstein https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161011005979/en/Gre...
- morbicer 3y agoI bet Albert is spinning at the speed approaching the speed of light. Not sure what he would hate more, Salesforce or someone profiting from his face. I know I would rather be printed on toilet paper, loyalty free.