Okay, listen up on why this is legitimate and important.
The likeness and name of Chris Kyle are controlled by his widow. That is the legal situation.
If anyone, including his own brother, uses the likeness and name of Chris Kyle without her permission she MUST send a C&D.
“Why?” you ask.
Because if she didn’t, then it would set precedent. Someone could use his likeness and name on something else, like a fundraiser for some hate group, and if she complained about it, they could argue that she did not use due diligence in protecting the likeness and name.
Since she allowed others without her permission to use the likeness and name, it would appear as if the claim of ownership had been abandoned and there would be no legal issue with others doing likewise.
This has to do with protecting the likeness and name. It’s a legal issue and one she needs to exercise.
So how does that explain her not giving half of the money from his book to the veteran’s charity that he promised would get it?
Good post! And there is also the matter that this seems like some sort of “perpetual gift” to the charity, America’s Mighty Warriors.
Such an arrangement seems extremely unwise. What if the charity changes its leadership to people the donors think are inept, or untrustworthy? What if its mission is altered to something the donors do not agree with? Are they bound by law to just keep funneling in the money?
Zactly...
It would impute “carelessness”
That was my thinking, but the FReepers already have their pitchforks and torches out for her and the Pentagon, so why get in the way of good ol' fashioned mob rage?
Thank you.