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This is interesting because the district court seems to initially have decided the opposite of Tom Waits vs Frito Lay (http://tomwaitslibrary.info/biography/cop
by quasse 2y ago
This is interesting because the district court seems to initially have decided the opposite of Tom Waits vs Frito Lay (http://tomwaitslibrary.info/biography/copyright/frito-lay/ http://tomwaitslibrary.info/biography/copyright/frito-lay/).
Looks like the appellate court came to the same conclusion though, a famous person's voice is distinctive to their identity and intentionally imitating it is a type of false association claim.
- CRConrad 2y agoYes, AIUI from discussion here last week, Waits used the final Midler verdict as precedent.