When Obama was first elected there was an initial flurry of some stores changing their name to Obama and advertising slogans using Obama in their campaigns to get in on the hype that were all shut down. I don’t know if that came from the secret service of a c&d from the office of the President himself or just a request from the White House.
It does fall under basic law that you can’t use a public figures likeness for advertising/branding without their permission. But I don’t see why the secret service would be tasked with enforcing it.
You own your own likeness. It's like you became a gazillionaire for some reason and then people started using your likeness for get rich quick products. They don't have a right to use your likeness to hawk their wares without your permission.
This isn't like you're out in public and somebody snaps your pic along with other crowd people and advertises THAT. That's fair use. It's intentionally just using your singular likeness.
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That's illegal (unless you gave permission, got paid for it! :D )
iirc it's not just public figures you can't use any living person's likeness for advertising/branding without their permission like that either, and even if they're dead they might still having living relatives and/or an estate to put you in legal trouble
When Obama was first elected there was an initial flurry of some stores changing their name to Obama and advertising slogans using Obama in their campaigns to get in on the hype that were all shut down. I don’t know if that came from the secret service of a c&d from the office of the President himself or just a request from the White House.
It does fall under basic law that you can’t use a public figures likeness for advertising/branding without their permission. But I don’t see why the secret service would be tasked with enforcing it.
What law? Why?
You own your own likeness. It's like you became a gazillionaire for some reason and then people started using your likeness for get rich quick products. They don't have a right to use your likeness to hawk their wares without your permission.
This isn't like you're out in public and somebody snaps your pic along with other crowd people and advertises THAT. That's fair use. It's intentionally just using your singular likeness.
MyPillow introduces the weezkitty pillow. For when you need some lucky money, weezkitty pillows fill that need!
That's illegal (unless you gave permission, got paid for it! :D )
iirc it's not just public figures you can't use any living person's likeness for advertising/branding without their permission like that either, and even if they're dead they might still having living relatives and/or an estate to put you in legal trouble