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The Right of Publicity - Privacy Reimagined for a Public World (Hardcover)
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The Right of Publicity - Privacy Reimagined for a Public World (Hardcover)
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Who controls how one’s identity is used by others? This legal
question, centuries old, demands greater scrutiny in the Internet
age. Jennifer Rothman uses the right of publicity—a little-known
law, often wielded by celebrities—to answer that question, not
just for the famous but for everyone. In challenging the
conventional story of the right of publicity’s emergence,
development, and justifications, Rothman shows how it transformed
people into intellectual property, leading to a bizarre world in
which you can lose ownership of your own identity. This shift and
the right’s subsequent expansion undermine individual liberty and
privacy, restrict free speech, and suppress artistic works. The
Right of Publicity traces the right’s origins back to the
emergence of the right of privacy in the late 1800s. The central
impetus for the adoption of privacy laws was to protect people from
“wrongful publicity.” This privacy-based protection was not
limited to anonymous private citizens but applied to famous actors,
athletes, and politicians. Beginning in the 1950s, the right
transformed into a fully transferable intellectual property right,
generating a host of legal disputes, from control of dead
celebrities like Prince, to the use of student athletes’ images
by the NCAA, to lawsuits by users of Facebook and victims of
revenge porn. The right of publicity has lost its way. Rothman
proposes returning the right to its origins and in the process
reclaiming privacy for a public world.
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2018 |
Authors: |
Jennifer Rothman
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Dimensions: |
156 x 235 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
236 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-98098-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-674-98098-0 |
Barcode: |
9780674980983 |
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