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Tagged with personal-likeness or right-of-publicity
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Are pictures that don't have model releases protected under the DMCA?
Let's say a user of my website posted a picture. I know that as long as my website and the picture satisfies the conditions of the DMCA, I have a safe harbor against copyright claims by the individual ...
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Can you be sued for using someone else's last name in app?
We are looking to create an app that contains someones last name in the title, as well as some data created by him.
The data is public for anyone to use in the form of spreadsheets, the goal of the ...
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What recourse do I have against commercial use of my image?
Somebody took photos of my wife on a treadmill at a gym without her permission.
One of those photos appeared a week later in the local paper in an advertisement for a car dealership.
Subsequently my ...
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Is using a person's face in satirical video without video legal?
I Have Been Taking Photos Of People And Putting Them On Youtube Videos In Satirical Context Without Consent. In One Case, It Was Against Their Will. I Do Not Leak Any Information Or Send Hate Or ...
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Am I allowed to use famous peoples' faces in an app?
For example, can I use David Cameron's face in an app, without permission?
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Media consent form for summer camp
We have a media consent form that parents have signed for the campers at our summer camp. The wording is as follows:
The Participant identified below desires to participate in the [insert summer ...
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Drug-testing on background
What sort of circumstances would allow a company or lab to put a positive pre-employment drug test on your background or send it to a consumer report agency? I'm curious about the consequences of ...
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Is it legal to use a person's name for a commercial purpose if it is a household name?
As an example, could I make a company called "Einstein Electronics" or "Houdini Locks" (probably not a great name for a lock company) or something without getting permission from the named persons, ...
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