Ray Saintonge wrote:
geni wrote:
On 12/21/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
"James Hare" wrote:
Case in point: Captain Jean-Luc Picard(r).
So a caricature of Picard would be forbidden? Really?
It might count as fair use under certain conditions. A painting of Patrick Stewart would probably be a safer bet although there would be other issues with things such as in the US at least the Right of Publicity.
I believe Major League Baseball already lost that case to the rotisserie leagues.
I believe that case had to do with organized baseball claiming to own statistics, as a byproduct of owning the rights to the games as they are played. I wouldn't expect it to be particularly applicable to this situation. The right of publicity is a rather different concept, associated with the use of a person's image or likeness.
--Michael Snow