right of personality

Twitter fight over James Dean pits online expression against dead celebrity rights

on February 10, 2014

Twitter lets people use famous names and icons so long as — in the eyes of Twitter — they’re not harming the original brand. A new lawsuit over James Dean will put that approach to the test, and possibly affect thousands of other Twitter accounts.

Here’s why it’s legal for Google and Facebook to use your face in ads

on October 15, 2013

Facebook puts your profile picture in advertisements. Google is about to do the same and other sites like Twitter will likely follow one day. How exactly is this legal? Do we have any control over our image anymore?