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Originally Posted by epchick
So let's say he didn't have a libel/false light case. Couldn't he still have a case of appropriation? Since the creator of the group used his name & his picture without his permission?
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Maybe, but the appropriation tort is more to compensate the plaintiff for the value of his appropriated likeness, i.e., Ford used an actor who sang like Bette Midler in one of their commercials, Bette Midler sued and was compensated for the value of her voice. Vanna White was portrayed by a robot in one of Samsung's ads. She was portrayed for the use of her likeness (I guess in the unique way she flips letters around?). A private plaintiff might use the appropriation tort to bootstrap a claim for emotional harm I suppose. So that might be something worth throwing in as a cause of action.
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