2021 Will Bring Expanded Protections for Publicity and Privacy Rights Under New York Law
By EsqSocial Corporation 21/12/20
Earlier this month, New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed a bill that makes significant amendments to New York’s Civil Rights Law, which codifies rights of publicity and privacy in the State. In addition to adding a long anticipated post-mortem right of publicity, the bill also prohibits unauthorized use of digital replicas of deceased celebrities and creates a new private cause of action prohibiting the publication of digitally fabricated sexually explicit depictions of an individual (such...
By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP