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

From: Madeleine Fix <fix.3[_at_]osu.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 10:17:14 -0500 (EST)

Tyler T. Ochoa <tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu> wrote:
>
> On 10/23/98, Monique Van Remortel <mvr[_at_]istar.ca> wrote:
> >
> > 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."

There's a book titled "Protection of Literary Characters"; if you get a chance, read my paper on art production <http://www.cni.org/Hforums/cni-copyright/1998-04/other/mfix-981029.hqx>; the book is bibliograph-ied in this paper; hope it helps you out a little.

-Madeleine Fix

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Madeleine R. Fix
Graduate Research Associate
Computer Instructional Technology
The School of Public Policy & Management Master's Student
Department of Art Education
College of the Arts
The Ohio State University
e-mail: fix.3[_at_]osu.edu
phone: (614) 292-5882

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