RE: Assignment of the Right of Publicity

Vance, there are a few "clearance agencies" out there that can obtain multiple clearances quickly and efficiently, and let you know up front what costs and issues to expect. The best known among them is Second Line Search, with offices in NY and Los Angel es. Their contact info is:

http://www.secondline.com/
TOLL FREE: 866.473.5264 Secondline was acquired by Corbis last year, and is working to launch an online clearance service by mid year, which will greatly ease the burden of rights clearances.

-Dave Green
Senior Corporate Counsel, Corbis

Vince queried:

How one goes about licensing rights of publicity from multiple parties, whether there is any organized way to clear licensing, or whether one has to go individually to each celebrity's agent for this.

>Vance R. Koven, Senior Attorney
>Comverse, Inc.
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Received on Thu Jan 09 2003 - 16:29:08 GMT