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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), was an American singer, musician and actor. He is often known simply as Elvis; also "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King".
Presley began his career as a singer of rockabilly, performing country and rhythm and blues songs. He sang a combination of country music and blues with a strong back beat and an energetic delivery - one of the earliest forms of rock and roll. He developed a versatile voice and had success with other genres, including gospel, blues, and pop. To date, he is the only performer to have been inducted into three music 'Halls of Fame'. Presley made the majority of his thirty-three movies during the 1960s but made a critically-acclaimed return to live music in 1968 and went on to set records for concert attendance, television ratings, and records sales. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in the history of popular music.
His premature death, at age 42, shocked his fans worldwide.
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Shaw Family Archives Ltd. v. CMG Worldwide, Inc ., No. 05 Civ. 3939 (CM), 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35674 (S.D.N.Y. May 2, 2007). Marilyn Monroe's estate, MMLLC, and its licensing agent, CMG, against The Shaw Family Archives ("SFA").
The Court found that at the time of Monroe's death in 1962, postmortem rights of publicity were not recognized in the States of record.
However The use of a deceased celebrity's name, image, voice and/or likeness may not be used to give false endorsement under section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, which prohibits, the use of any name, symbol, or device which is likely to deceive or cause consumers to be confused as to the source, sponsorship, approval or association of a party's goods or services. In false endorsement cases, the celebrity's persona or identity functions as a "trademark."
Death Pays: The Fight Over Marilyn Monroe's Publicity RightsAs to this image Elvis Presley died August 16, 1977 (age 42) in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Tennessee did not recognize postmortem publicity rights until 1984. This copyright free image may be used for any purpose including commericial that does not confuse source, sponsorship, approval or association.
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- Publicity rights protects a person’s right to benefit from the commercial value connected with an individual’s name, image, or voice. John and Barbara Schultz point out that: " Not all well-known people have a right of publicity, since not all of them profit from the commercialization of their celebrity. Politicians, for instance, do not ordinarily require payment for the use of their images, although they are public figures ... As a rule, the right to publicity is enforced for commercial reproduction of the name or likeness of a celebrity, under the conditions outlined. The editorial use of a photograph of a celebrity, so long as it does not violate other laws concerning libel or slander, requires only the release of the holder of the copyright in the photograph." Picture Research: A Practical Guide, by John Schultz and Barbara Schultz (N.Y.: Van Nostrand, 1991), p. 225-6. [call number: TR147.S38 1991 P&P]
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