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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!JUTS!news
  2. From: tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Terry Carroll)
  3. Newsgroups: misc.legal
  4. Subject: Re: Copyright of personal likeness?
  5. Message-ID: <3fhX029R30DK01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
  6. Date: 30 Dec 92 00:59:58 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec27.153503.20181@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
  8. Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com
  9. Reply-To: tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Terry Carroll)
  10. Organization: Amdahl Corporation
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  13. In article <1992Dec27.153503.20181@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, 
  14. ddaye@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David C Daye) writes:
  15. > I'm curious about a person's rights to his/her likeness.  Do ordinary
  16. > citizens have any, to the extent that permission to publish a photo
  17. > of them is ever required? 
  18.  
  19. Generally copyright isn't a source of such protection.  There is a "right of 
  20. puiblicity" that might be being violated, but I don't know the elements of 
  21. that, so I'll refrain from attempting an answer in favor of someone who does.
  22.  
  23. Terry Carroll - tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com - 408/992-2152
  24. The opinions presented above are not necessarily those of a sound mind.
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