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- From: bhayden@teal.csn.org (Bruce Hayden)
- Subject: Re: Copyright of personal likeness?
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- References: <1992Dec27.153503.20181@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <3fhX029R30DK01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1992Dec30.141726.9251@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 16:27:45 GMT
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- uctlxpd@ucl.ac.uk (Peter Bartlett) writes:
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- >tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Terry Carroll) writes:
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- >>In article <1992Dec27.153503.20181@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
- >>ddaye@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David C Daye) writes:
- >>> I'm curious about a person's rights to his/her likeness. Do ordinary
- >>> citizens have any, to the extent that permission to publish a photo
- >>> of them is ever required?
-
- >More interesting for David's question will be the outcome of a French
- >case involving the poster from the 1940's of a Paris couple kissing,
- >by that French photographer whose name begins with D-- (Delveaux, maybe?).
- >The couple has sued under French law for a piece of the action. There
- >was an article on this in the Guardian (UK newspaper) in the last month
- >or so, if David or anyone else is interested.
-
- Well, we are used to following British precent - do you think we are
- going to start looking at French?
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- Bruce E. Hayden
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