Look-alikes need close scrutiny; using celebrity doubles creates legal risks

Article Abstract:

The use of a celebrity look-alike in a motion picture can have legal risks. Privacy, publicity and free speech rights are involved. The right of privacy ceases with death, but the portrayal of a living celebrity can be an invasion of privacy if the main purpose is commercial exploitation rather than conveying factual information or allowing the artist's creativity free expression. The right of publicity survives death and forbids commercial exploitation. The commercial use of celebrity sound-alikes can be illegal if the singer's voice is distinctive and widely known.

Analysis, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Voices of famous people, Celebrity voices, Lookalikes

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Celebrity names as web site addresses: extending the domain of publicity rights to the Internet

Article Abstract:

The author proposes that the right of publicity be extended to celebrity names used as domain names on the Internet. The origins of publicity rights law are outlined.

United States, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, Domain names

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