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The California Supreme court just ruled in Winter v. DC Comics<\/i><\/a> that there is no infringement on someone’s “right of publicity” when a character based on them appears in a comic book (or movie, or TV show, or novel, etc.). Interesting (and, based on this analysis<\/a>) pretty useful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The California Supreme court just ruled in Winter v. 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