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Publishing an interview/conversations in a book without explicit consent
Let's say I've conducted an interview/conversation as the interviewer with someone. I didn't tell him I may publish that interview (in a book or elsewhere) as I wasn't thinking of publishing it at the ...
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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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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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If you blend copyrighted voices to create a unique voice, does the resulting creation become exempt from copyright restrictions?
Suppose I blend copyrighted voices taken from popular media to craft an entirely distinct vocal composite.
For instance, combining snippets of various celebrity voices (like Leonardo Dicaprio and Mr. ...
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Can someone promote their text-to-speech application that has public figures voices?
Let’s supposed that we have a Text-To-Speech site with public figures voices and we want to make some videos in order to promote it.
Our country legislation includes presumed consent for people that ...
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Could a celebrity theoretically claim copyright on the arrangement of makeup/jewelry/clothing on their persons to sue paparazzi?
Just something I've wondered about for a while. Ownership of our likenesses seems to be fairly weak in the US, but photography of public art such as graffiti can be a copyright violation.
Could a ...
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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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