Re: Rights in real characters

From: J. Noble <jnoble[_at_]dgsys.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 08:12:59 -0400 (EDT)

On 8/2/97, Christopher Pesce <pesce[_at_]seanet.com> wrote:
>
> or, more satisfying,
>
> (2) Reliance on the practical fact that Presidents (among others) never
> have and never will sue for infringement of their right of publicity
> (presumably, due to the negligible benefits as compared to the
> potentially huge PR cost).

Or the practical fact that this particular president has made a Supreme Court case (to coin a phrase) out of the proposition that he hasn't time to deal with personal litigation.

John Noble
<jnoble[_at_]dgsys.com> Received on Tue Aug 05 1997 - 12:20:04 GMT

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