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Dave Davis <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:28:34 -0500
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[In case my msg. was munged....]

While I take your point (as to copyright) Scott, they do, arguably, have a
legal leg to stand on via a right of publicity.

http://www.forbes.com/2002/08/12/0812cmg.html

"Indiana’s 1994 statute extends the inheritable right of publicity for
100 years after a celebrity’s death, which is why Mark Twain Mark
Twain(who died in 1910) is today a CMG client. Roesler no longer
represents Presley, but the CMG roster does include such distinguished
dead people as Ruth, Buddy Holly,  Malcolm X and Princess Diana."

There are other such organizations.

DDD

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