Rights & Ethics

Right of Publicity

An individual's inherent right to control the commercial use of their identity, including name, likeness, and voice.

Definitions (5)

The inherent right of an individual to control the commercial use of their identity, including their name, likeness, and voice. The Frank Broyles Publicity Rights Protection Act, as amended by HB 1071, protects this right in Arkansas.

A property right that grants an individual the exclusive authority to control the commercial exploitation of their identity, including their name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness, and to prevent unauthorized use by others.

The right of publicity is a property right that grants an individual the exclusive authority to control and profit from the commercial use of their identity, which includes their name, photograph, likeness, and, as expanded by the ELVIS Act, their voice. It prevents unauthorized commercial exploitation of one's persona.

The right of publicity is an inherent property right that grants an individual the exclusive authority to control the commercial use of their identity. This typically includes their name, photograph, likeness, and, as expanded by the ELVIS Act, their voice, preventing unauthorized commercial exploitation.

The inherent right of every individual to control the commercial use of their identity, including their name, image, likeness, or voice, which the NO FAKES Act seeks to establish as a federal intellectual property right.