THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY
The Right of Publicity prevents the unauthorized commercial use of an individual's name, likeness, or other recognizable aspects of one's persona, such as voice. It gives an individual the exclusive right to license the use of their identity for commercial exploitation.
 | The Publishing Law Center |
| Cornell's Legal Information Institute |
| State Right to Publicity Laws |
| The Expanding Right Of Publicity |
| Right of Publicity Blog (Stanford) |
Right of Publicity Legislation The right of publicity is an development of the right of privacy. The right of publicity is based on state, not federal, law. The basis in state law may be statutory or common law and there is a great deal of variation, for example, some states provide protection only for the life of a person, while others allow the right to be inherited. Most states recognize some form of publicity rights, although only about half refer to the right specifically as a publicity right. The rest typically provide protection under the state privacy or unfair competition laws. Passed
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