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Entertainment & Sports

Jun. 29, 2006

Broad Release Protects Studio and J.Lo in 'Flashdance' Redux

When you purchase the rights to someone's life story, one of the rights you typically buy is the right not to get sued based on defamation, invasion of privacy, the right of publicity or copyright infringement. Of course, buying protection from a lawsuit doesn't always mean that the seller won't actually file suit and allege some crafty argument about certain rights that he retained.

By Eric Hagen
Focus


     
      When you purchase the rights to someone's life story, one of the rights you typically buy is the right not to get sued based on defamation, invasion of privacy, the right of publicity or copyright infringement. Of course, buying protection from a lawsuit doesn't always mean that the seller won't actually file suit and allege some crafty argument abou...

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