Re: Character protection (Was: Lolita's copyright)

On 10/23/98, Monique Van Remortel <mvr[_at_]istar.ca> wrote:
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> Does anyone have citations for cases (from the U.S. or Canada) dealing
> with character rights in literary characters?

The leading case in the U.S. is Silverman v. CBS, 870 F.2d 40 (2d Cir. 1989), concerning the characters "Amos 'n Andy."

Tyler T. Ochoa
Associate Professor
Whittier Law School
<tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu> Received on Mon Oct 26 1998 - 23:18:17 GMT