tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147895830446101314.post5550967071867056639..comments2023-11-29T03:34:12.860-05:00Comments on The Unruly of Law: Movie of a Lifetime Draws Judicial InterestSheldon Toplitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07505633062014123405noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147895830446101314.post-79664372747318032692013-03-23T14:00:30.525-04:002013-03-23T14:00:30.525-04:00If you are famous enough for a movie to be made ab...If you are famous enough for a movie to be made about you (with your name in the title and on the main character) then the movie's maker has the right of publicity. If it's "too fictionalized" to justify that, then the movie could be about someone else and your privacy was not violated.<br /><br />Also, it seems to me, that if going to prison for life means you lose your right to vote, then your property rights should follow, too.<br /><br />Speaking of property rights, doesn't the "Son of Sam" law mean that a criminal can't profit from books/movies based on his/her crime? You can't cheat someone out of something they're not entitled to.Alan Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623398594783136578noreply@blogger.com