Rt of Publicity & SNL in NYS

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From: Chris Katopis
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 01:57

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I watched the recent Saturday Night LIve TV show and saw several
of their skits about the Long Island Scandalous AMy Fisher and
Buttafuoccos.

I learned in school that NYS has a "Right of Publicity" which protects
people's image from being used in a commercial context.

How can SNL use these people's image in skits?  Did they:
1) obtain a license
2) just declare "it's a parody"
3) say because they were part of a news story, their image is in 
the public domain
4) ???

i'm curious, so thanks in advance for any insights
-chris

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