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Entertainment & Sports

Nov. 7, 2000

Stars' Bar

The 9th Circuit just heard oral arguments in a high-profile right-of-publicity case.

        By Belynda B. Reck
        
        The right of publicity - the right of a human being to control the commercial use of his or her identity - is alive and well in California. In the last few weeks, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has heard oral argument in one high-profile right-of-publicity case (Hoffman v. Capital Citie...

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