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anthony@cs.UAlberta.CA (Anthony Mutiso) writes:

>I am curious to know  if the imitations were ever "successfully"
>sued for attempting to "look and feel" like the dead/live star, either
>by the star  his/her-self or the estate of  the star? I do not  recall
>hearing of such an event, but it may have happened!

Yes, it has happened. I recall hearing an interview featuring Tom
Waits where he described being interviewed by someone at a Toronto
radio station. During a break, the station ran an ad for Frito Lay (sp?)
corn chips that had a deep male voice sounding *very* much like Waits
singing a voice over that sounded *very* much like one of Waits then
current releases (can't remember the name of the song). At the time
he thought it was a joke put on by the station. When he found out that
it was a real ad, he hit the roof. He went to court and succeeded in having
the ad pulled of the air. I'm not sure if there was any mitigative penalty
against the advertiser, however there is a precedent now (in Canada at least)
against this sort of thing. I vaguely recall hearing about a similar
case several years ago as well ... also in the Canadian courts.

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