[WikiEN-l] Is it true...

[Michael Snow]

Ray Saintonge wrote:

> geni wrote:
>
>> On 12/21/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at 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