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The Recognition of Image Rights in Comparative Perspective
Steve Cornelius
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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
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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
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Common Law Alabama Georgia Allison v Vintage Sports Plaques
Martin Luther King Jr Center for Social Change Inc v American Heritage Products Inc
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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
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Common Law France Affaire Rachel Cantona/Foot Edition Mauresmo-case
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Common Law England Elvisly Yours v Elvis Presley Enterprises
Irvine v Talksport Ltd Douglas v Hello! Ltd
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Codification Germany Bismarck aa 22 and 23 Kunsturhebergesetz
a 12 Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
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Codification Netherlands aa 19 – 21 Auteurswet Kramer/Burnham
Millecam/Escom ‘t Schaep met de Vijf Pooten De slag om het voetbalgoud
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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 Rhode Island Statutes
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Code and Common Law United States a 3344 California Civil Code /
Porten v University of San Francisco Winter v DC Comics
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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
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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
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South Africa Chap 2 Constitution a 10 – Human Dignity
a 18 – Freedom of association
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South Africa Wells v Atoll Media (Pty) Ltd [2009] ZAWCHC 173
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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.
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South Africa Infringement on right to identity
Personality interest – dignitas Compensation - actio iniuriarum Patrimonial loss Damages - actio legis Aquiliae
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South Africa Grounds of justification Public interest
Truth and public interest Art Parody
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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
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