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To: Anthony@Pacific who wrote (4748)	6/24/2003 12:19:38 PM
From: Mahatmabenfoo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12465

--- Does that clarify things a bit? If not than Im sorry I'm an IP lawyer with years of experience in Wall Street firms, and as a speaker at various media conferences, and an article writer. And while I am not offering anyone advice here, I think you're views are dead wrong -- legally, morally, and by the rules of comedy which have made you a richly justified target. --- either way you cant "SELL" my likeness without my --- permission..just like you cant " STEAL" music from the --- radio and " RE-sell " it on the net..ie...MPPP Got news for you AP: people that perform or write music contribute to the world. You can't take the same credit for your face. So you don't own a property interest in your appearance itself -- except indirectly by rules that derive from privacy law, and the idea that performers who make their living from their public "persona" have a right to control how it is used to sell cornflakes. There are many uses of your face that might well be illegal -- such as putting it as a logo on a newsletter that you in fact don't own or sponsor. BUT: --- I can put your mug on the front page of a newspaper if you do something newsworthy. Your face might sell a lot of newspapers, but you don't get a cent, and you can't stop the newspaper; and --- The privilege is not limted to actual newspapers. For example, I can sell T-shirts that say "Elginy is a self-important cookie", right? So I can add a caricature of your face on it too. Because I'm not using your face to sell T-shirts as much as I am using your face to make fun of you, and perhaps also to make an important point. Price of fame, kid. - Charles