Quote - Just out of curiosity...is the celebrity likeness thing (selling characters or even creating art that closely resembles them) even legal?   I always assumed that it wasn't (at least in the US).

(Example: http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-legalities/celebrity-likeness-art.php)

I'm more curious than anything...I'm not here to condemn or upset anyone.

I'm no legal expert, but they do say that everyone has a twin. For example, I'm often confused with someone by the name of "Jennifer."  Apparently she and I look very much alike. I've never seen her, but several strangers I've run into swear it!

Politicians are fair game.  Celebrities, not so much. However, if you use an alternate name, there is nothing really "illegal" about it. However, I suspect that some celebrities would take offense if you used a morphed figure that looks like them despite it having a different name, and using it to advertise products.  

Also, most "celebrity look-a-like" morphs aren't clones of the celebrity and quite often what one person sees in a morph so far as resemblance goes, another won't see it at all. 

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi