It’s kinda strange to imagine a person’s face being locked out of the arts because a character or actor who looked like them got there first.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    You know that everyone’s likeness is usually protected under (us) state law. it’s technically called the right of publicity; so usually you can’t use that other person’s face either without their consent.

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      Right, but a celebrity look-alike would be much cheaper than the celebrity, and their faces might be practically indistinguishable.