· 11/26/1996
Fleet v. CBS, INC.
Citations
- 50 Cal. App. 4th 1911
- 58 Cal. Rptr. 2d 645
- 96 Daily Journal DAR 14200
- 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1749
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8601
- 1996 Cal. App. LEXIS 1119
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Civil Code section 3344 is intended to protect rights which cannot be copyrighted”
- “[I]t was not merely appellants’ likenesses which were captured on film — it was their dramatic performances which are ... copyrightable. An actor who wishes to protect the use of the image contained in a single, fixed dramatic performance need simply retain the copyright.”
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Judges: Baron
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