EClark1894 opened this issue on Nov 07, 2016 ยท 53 posts
SamTherapy posted Mon, 07 November 2016 at 1:20 PM
What infringement? This comes up so often in terms of so called celebrity likenesses but everyone forgets there's no copyright on a face, body shape and so forth. When it gets messy is when the likeness is named in a way as to identify with a real person. If, however, your superduper CZJ likeness is called Ethel Crust, there's nowt anyone can really do. Example, how many times do you walk past people who look like someone else? At least once a day, for sure. Chances are, some of those people look like someone famous. In fact, many people base their careers on looking like some famous bod or other. Elvis, Bowie, Freddie, Queen Liz...
Of course, there's always a chance some cash hungry lawyer or celeb may try it on in court. Then it's down to you to show the figure was based on Mavis Gloop down the street.
No, I'm not a lawyer and the fact I have very little respect for them should in no way influence your reading of my above comments. Nor should my sig line. :)
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