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The Curious Lawyer: Celebrity Paparazzi Law

Explore legal protections for celebrity images, balancing copyright, publicity rights, and First Amendment implications.

Created byNew Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
IntermediateUpdated Mar 31, 2025
The Curious Lawyer: Celebrity Paparazzi Law

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand the principles of copyright and right of publicity as they apply to celebrity photographs.
check_circleAnalyze case law on the limits of paparazzi activities and celebrity image use in media and advertising.
check_circleExplore transformative use as a defense against right of publicity claims in artistic portrayals.
check_circleDistinguish between permissible news reporting and prohibited commercial uses of celebrity likenesses.

About This Course

  • What exactly are the "paparazzi" and what laws regulate their behavior?
  • Reciprocally, what laws protect celebrities from paparazzi and exploitation of their personas? 

In the latest installment of this popular series, Peter Afrasiabi answers these and many other interesting questions related to celebrities and their paparazzi followers, while reviewing the history of the regulation of paparazzi, the laws that govern the manner of capturing celebrity photos and ownership of photos, and the rights of celebrities to control their likeness and persona through the legal system.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.

Legal Technology & Education

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc. is a legal publishing company based in Los Angeles, California, that develops, produces, markets, and distributes innovative legal education content for law firms and companies.For more information about NMLP and its products, please visit http://www.newmedialegal.com.

Peter Afrasiabi
Peter Afrasiabi

Founding Partner at One, LLP

Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

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