LAW-6125 RIGHT OF PUBLICITY
With its early common law roots as a corollary to the right of privacy, a significant body of law has developed involving rights to one's commercial exploitation of "name, voice, signature or likeness". This "right" generally referred to as a right of publicity, involves a patchwork quilt of state statutes and common law principles. This course covers issues involving survivability of the right, so called "posthumous rights" First Amendment conflicts and federal preemption issues involving copyright predominate the dialogue.
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