The Recognition of Image Rights in Comparative Perspective Steve Cornelius

She said “Son what are you doing here? My fear for you has turned me in my grave.” I said “Mama I come to the valley of the rich Myself to sell.” She said “Son, this is the road to Hell” Chris Rhea

Common Law New York Mackenzie v Soden Mineral Springs Co Robertson v Rochester Folding Box Company Haelan Laboratories Inc v Topps Chewing Gum Pirone v MacMillan

Common Law Alabama Georgia Allison v Vintage Sports Plaques Martin Luther King Jr Center for Social Change Inc v American Heritage Products Inc

Common Law DC Federal court Missouri Vassiliades v Garfinnckel's Brooks Bros Federal court Hustler Magazine v Fallwel Missouri CBC Distribution v MLB Advanced Media

Common Law France Affaire Rachel Cantona/Foot Edition Mauresmo-case

Common Law England Elvisly Yours v Elvis Presley Enterprises Irvine v Talksport Ltd Douglas v Hello! Ltd

Codification Germany Bismarck aa 22 and 23 Kunsturhebergesetz a 12 Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch

Codification Netherlands aa 19 – 21 Auteurswet Kramer/Burnham Millecam/Escom ‘t Schaep met de Vijf Pooten De slag om het voetbalgoud

Codification United States Par 63.60.010 Washington Code a 5 par 50 New York Civil Rights Law chap 214 par 3A Massachusetts Statutes par 9-1-28 Rhode Island Statutes

Code and Common Law United States a 3344 California Civil Code / Porten v University of San Francisco Winter v DC Comics

South Africa Van Zyl v African Theatres Ltd O'Keeffe v Argus Printing and Publishing Co Ltd Kidson v SA Associated Newspapers Ltd Grütter v Lombard Wells v Atoll Media (Pty) Ltd Kumalo v Cycle Lab (Pty) Ltd

South Africa Everyone has a right to identity “Identity" entails the unique combitnation of hereditary or acquired attributes which distinguishes one person from another Unlawful use of a person’s identity can occur in one of two ways The attributes of a person is used without consent in a way which places that person in a false light The attributes of a person is used without consent for commercial gain

South Africa Chap 2 Constitution a 10 – Human Dignity a 18 – Freedom of association

South Africa Wells v Atoll Media (Pty) Ltd [2009] ZAWCHC 173

South Africa Wells v Atoll Media (Pty) Ltd [2009] ZAWCHC 173 ... the appropriation of a person's image or likeness for the commercial benefit or advantage of another may well call for legal intervention in order to protect the individual concerned. ... when the photograph is employed, as in this case, for the benefit of a magazine sold to make profit, it constitutes an unjustifiable invasion of the personal [sic] rights of the individual, including the person's dignity and privacy.

South Africa Infringement on right to identity Personality interest – dignitas Compensation - actio iniuriarum Patrimonial loss Damages - actio legis Aquiliae

South Africa Grounds of justification Public interest Truth and public interest Art Parody

It all makes perfect sense Expressed in dollars and cents Can't you see? It all makes perfect sense Expressed in dollars and cents Pounds, shillings and pence. Roger Waters