Legal Opinion
KNB ENTERPRISES v. Matthews
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 17, 2000No. B127931PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ORTEGA, Acting P. J.
In Fleet v. CBS, Inc. (1996) 50 Cal.App.4th 1911 [58 Cal.Rptr.2d 645], the appellate court held that unpaid film actors’ claims for misappropriation of name, photograph, or likeness under section 3344 of the Civil Code 1 were preempted by federal copyright law, where the only misappropriation alleged was the film’s authorized distribution by the exclusive distributor, CBS. Here, we must decide whether photography models’ misappropriation claims under section 3344 are preempted by federal copyright law, where the alleged exploitation was the unauthorized display, for…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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