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Sheff on the Right of Publicity

Jeremy N. Sheff (St. John's University School of Law) has posted Scope & Justification of the Right of Publicity (Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, Vol. 42, No. 333, 2019) on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: These transcribed symposium comments … Continue reading

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Faces and Names: Modern Issues in Athlete Publicity Licensing

California Senate Bill 206,[1] the “Fair Pay to Play Act,” was amended again last month, and is making its way through the legislature under sponsorship by Sen. Nancy Skinner-D and Sen. Steven Bradford-D. If passed, the new law would pave … Continue reading

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Book Review : Transparency in the Family Courts: Publicity and Privacy in Practice

This is a review by Rodney Noon of a book co-written by myself, Julie Doughty and Paul Magrath. It originally appeared in Nagalro's Seen & Heard (Vol 29, Issue 1, 2019) and is reproduced with kind permission.    When selecting … Continue reading

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Artists’ Lawsuits Against Fortnite Creators May Rely on Rights of Publicity

No one does the Carlton quite like Carlton Banks.  (Queue Tom Jones’s It’s Not Unusual.)  Since actor Alfonso Ribeiro first performed the unique dance on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, it has been readily associated with him.  When the dance … Continue reading

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Scruggs Nation, March 13: more motions, more folly about publicity

USA v. Scruggs has had a flurry of motions in recent days that will be argued at a hearing tomorrow, and then you know what Monday is — last day for plea bargains.  Here are the motions.  Motion to sever. … Continue reading

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