Posted on 09/04/2023 5:55:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Hollywood studios have paid individuals for their life stories for at least a century, but life story “rights” are not rights at all, say these US law professors.
What if you overcame a serious illness to go on to win an Olympic medal? Could a writer or filmmaker decide to tell your inspiring story without consulting you? Or do you “own” that story and control how it gets retold?
Michael Oher, the former NFL player portrayed in the 2009 blockbuster The Blind Side, has sued Michael and Anne Leigh Tuohy, the suburban couple who took him into their home as a disadvantaged youth.
In his official complaint, Oher claims that through forgery, trickery or sheer incompetence, the Tuohys enabled 20th Century Fox to acquire the exclusive rights to his life story.
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Our friend Plain Talk was making reference to Mike Tyson biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear.
Could Batman beat Superman?
“missing” was my big clue....like a chunk of an ear...
I’ve got a few chapters drafted in my unauthorized autobiography.
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