[WikiEN-l] Is it true...

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Sun Dec 24 09:07:49 UTC 2006


geni wrote:

>On 12/21/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
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>>"James Hare" wrote:
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>>>Case in point: Captain Jean-Luc Picard(r).
>>>      
>>>
>>So a caricature of Picard would be forbidden?  Really?
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>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.

Ec




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