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Likeness rights and copyright are different.
by pseudalopex 2y ago
Likeness rights and copyright are different.
- moralestapia 2y agoFictional characters cannot have personality rights, for obvious reasons. That falls under copyright, trademarks, ...
- pseudalopex 2y agoActors who play fictional characters have personality rights.
- moralestapia 2y agoYes, but not the fictional character. Scarlett Johansson's character in her, credited only as "voice", is a fictional character.
- pseudalopex 2y agoNo one claimed the fictional character's personality rights were infringed. People who want to use an actor's likeness can't get around likeness rights by saying they impersonated a specific performance actually.