First Amendment protects ‘The Hurt Locker’ from publicity rights claim
Academy Award-winning film “The Hurt Locker” is protected by the First Amendment and did not infringe a US soldier’s publicity rights, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled.
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17 November 2020 Despite there being little international harmonisation, rights of publicity exist in various forms across the world—and there are common pitfalls, Tom Phillips finds.