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Old 01-17-2011, 08:46 PM  
Lester Burnham
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Originally Posted by baddog View Post
I would ask an attorney after GFY, just to get a second opinion.
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I hate to cite wikipidia, but check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_rights.

You can also google "publicity rights" or "California publicity rights" and undoubtedly get some info. Remember you are in California, the home of hollywood, therefore the laws with respect to the exploitation of someone's likeness are stricter in CA I believe...
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