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THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY: Privacy Reimagined for a Public World
This book from Harvard University Press by Professor Jennifer Rothman traces the history and development of the right of publicity and its current collision course with individual liberty, free speech and copyright law.
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DJ Khaled Sues Over Use of His Son's Name
Last week Khaled M. Khaled, known popularly as DJ Khaled, and the company ATK Entertainment filed a ...
New York Legislature Deluged with Letters Opposing Right Of Publicity Bill
Dozens of letters opposing the recently reintroduced and amended version of a right of publicity bill in New York have already been submitted to members of the New York legislature. Letters so far include ones by:...
New York Right of Publicity Bill Resurrected Again
Once again as the New York legislature nears the end of its term for the year, the Assembly is trying to push through an ill-thought-out right of...
Lohan Loses Yet Another Right of Publicity Claim
The actor Lindsay Lohan continued her losing streak with another right of publicity lawsuit being tossed out. Last week the New York Court of Appeals in...
Jazz Great Thelonious Monk’s Heir Objects to Brother Thelonious Beer
Earlier this week, Thelonious Monk, Jr. filed a lawsuit against North Coast Brewing Co. in the federal district court of California for...
New York Legislature Feels the Heat and Pulls Right of Publicity Bill
Feeling the heat from many different sides, the New York legislature today smartly pulled the seriously flawed right of...
New York Legislature Amends Right of Publicity Bill for the Worse
Today the New York Legislature amended its proposed right of publicity bill, A08155, and not for the better. Instead, it added language that undermines statutory...
Letters Submitted in Opposition to Proposed New York Right of Publicity Bill
Today, I submitted a letter opposing the current draft of a "right of publicity" bill being rushed through the New York legislature...
New York Once Again Floats Right of Publicity Law
The New York Assembly introduced yet another right of publicity bill last week, Assembly Bill A08155. Such legislation is introduced almost every year in New York―focused on...
Warhol Foundation Claims Fair Use of Photographs of Dead Pop Star Prince
Oh, how the chickens come home to roost. In Comedy III v. Saderup, Inc., the California Supreme Court distinguished Andy Warhol’s celebrity portraits from those of Gary Saderup’s realistic portraits of The Three Stooges.
Now this unconvincing and unpredictable...
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