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November 6, 2015 01:01 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/9udN307q2DI/publicity-rights-could-give-ce.html
Publicity Rights could give celebrities a veto over creative works
EFF, the Organization for Transformative Works, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund have filed a brief [PDF] in a Supreme Court case over "publicity rights" -- the right of famous people to veto the use of their names and likenesses in other works, like caricatures, documentaries, and biographies. (more…)
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