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FAMOUS
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Mark Roesler is recognized as the principle author of the Indiana Right of Publicity Statute, which is regarded as the most progressive and comprehensive in the world.
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Sometimes, a Web address just isn't what
it should be. That's why Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman and Madonna had
to fight for their site.
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Pictured: Lee Strasberg |
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The phrase "right of publicity" was coined
by Judge Jerome Frank in Haelean Laboratories, Inc. v.
Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. 202 F.2d 866 (2nd Cir. 1953). Following
New York law, Judge Frank delineated the distinction between
the "right of publicity" and the "right
of privacy." New York's publicity law enabled individuals
to protect themselves from unauthorized commercial appropriation
of their personas. Judge Frank thereby recognized an independent
common law right protecting economic interests rather than
the personal, emotional interests associated with the right
of privacy.
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Many cases have been decided
that establish various parameters for the value of one's
right of publicity. This section
has a list of cases establishing the range of values that
a celebrity's involvement
in a
commercial setting have yielded through litigation during
the past two decades.
Read about the cases and the damages awarded >>
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