I hope yours didn't come with the machine guns or rock-concert finger attachments. They seemed a bit gauche, although the tea-ceremony table was clever.
Isaw an Obama poster in the grocery store on wednesday my question is who owns the right to use a persons image... It seems to me that just by being a public figure doesn't give somebody the right to profit off another persons image.
Or charge admission to an audio-animatronic hall of said public figures? Now where did I see one of those...?
At some point, the definition of public versus PUBLIC becomes an issue. The artist formerly known as Prince, then not-Prince, and now Prince again might sue you for unauthorized use, but I don't think the average "public figure" would. It's free publicity for current public figures. And for former public figures? I don't believe Andrew Jackson has received royalties for the mini artist renditions of him available at every ATM machine. Then again, he DID have that influence with the Federal Reserve....
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Isaw an Obama poster in the grocery store on wednesday my question is who owns the right to use a persons image... It seems to me that just by being a public figure doesn't give somebody the right to profit off another persons image.
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At some point, the definition of public versus PUBLIC becomes an issue. The artist formerly known as Prince, then not-Prince, and now Prince again might sue you for unauthorized use, but I don't think the average "public figure" would. It's free publicity for current public figures. And for former public figures? I don't believe Andrew Jackson has received royalties for the mini artist renditions of him available at every ATM machine. Then again, he DID have that influence with the Federal Reserve....
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