Questions tagged [right-of-publicity]
The right of individuals to control commercial use and benefits from their identity or likeness.
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In Utah, do you have to inform people that you are filming them? [duplicate]
I have seen many public notices at certain Utah events which say things like, “Today, in this location, from 11:00am - 2:00pm, there will be an event here which is being filmed. By being present in ...
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Where do i start to pursue legal action because my face and voice has been used for publication without my permission. How do i go about getting paid [closed]
What can I do about my privacy rights being obstructed. I have been recored without being asked and it has been released publicly.
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It is allowed to use the name of a real life person as a fictional character name?
It is a violation of right of publicity even if the character is original and not based on the life of that person?
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Is it legal (US) to target drunk people and interview them to create (commercial) content a.k.a. street interviews?
In some forms of street interviews, people seem to specifically target intoxicated pedestrians, some seemingly exclusively young women, put camera and microphone in their face and try to get them ...
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I'm 17 and someone 33 photographed me without my consent when I was walking at a park. Can I press charges? [closed]
I'm 17 years old. Someone 33 photographed me without my consent when I was walking at a park. I stopped him and asked him to delete the photos. I told him 8 times about it, but he ain't listening to ...
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Is it legal for a website to reveal the earnings of the freelancers publicly without the freelancers' consent?
My question is exactly as the title says. I welcome answers for multiple jurisdictions, but I prefer there be some for any number of states in America, answers for countries in the EU in general, or ...
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Florida Photography Privacy Law: Company Employee Taking Pictures of Me Without My Consent [closed]
Looking for any guidance on this issue. It was one of those "Get three free nights at a hotel, all you gotta do is attend the 2hr mandatory sales pitch! :)" demon packages. But some bs went ...
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Is it legal to bring someone to the attention of a large mob, knowing they are likely to be injured?
Say I'm a famous person with a large and particularly unsavory following.
I point at random private person Ash Zeweski and say "boy, I hate this person who is my enemy, they have poor moral fiber ...
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What are the "fair use" implications of using someone's personal story in a political campaign without their permission?
After the State of the Union address, Senator Katie Britt told a story about a woman's being (sex) "trafficked" in a rebuttal. Let's say that the facts were accurate in isolation, but it had ...
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Are people's face/voice copyrighted by default?
As you may know there are some AI apps that can clone anybody's voice (turn your voice to their voice), or there are some face swap apps you can replace your face with somebody else's face and make a ...
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Is voice cloning allowed for non-commercial utilizations?
When the uses of voice cloning (also known as audio deepfakes) are non-commercial, are they legal?
"Voice cloning" is a feature of speech synthesis systems that use a neural network. It ...
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Who can check sperm donor history in California?
Let's say Tom was a sperm donor in college. Now he is getting married. Can anyone besides Tom (e.g. Tom's wife) has access to Tom's sperm donation history? Can offspring/family of offspring have ...
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Would this YouTuber potentially be in legal trouble for filming in a public place?
Brendan Kavanagh, YouTuber pianist, was performing in a "public" place which appears to be a shopping mall in the U.K. and he was being filmed. A few people asked not to be filmed and at ...
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Who owns the legal rights to a dead person's likeness?
A comedy sketch featuring an AI likeness of George Carlin, a show which his family are explicitly against (as mentioned in the above article).
The writer of the show claims the following,
I just want ...
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If you blend copyrighted voices to create a unique voice, does the resulting creation become exempt from copyright restrictions?
Suppose I blend copyrighted voices taken from popular media to craft an entirely distinct vocal composite.
For instance, combining snippets of various celebrity voices (like Leonardo Dicaprio and Mr. ...