Mark Lemley <mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> I just saw the movie Contact. It contains approximately 3 minutes
> worth of speeches "by" Bill Clinton, which were actually created by
> the movie producer from existing film clips of Clinton. Clinton
> apparently did not approve this use, and was not paid.
>
> Is there any reason this wouldn't violate the right of publicity
> in California?
While on this subject, who would be the copyright proprietor of the "approximately 3 minutes worth of speeches"?
Martin
Martin Perlberger
<mpesq[_at_]perlberger.com>
Received on Thu Jul 31 1997 - 22:15:45 GMT
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