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  • Marilyn Monroe Estate Sued Over Threats to 'Virtual Marilyn' Character (Exclusive)

    10/02/2014 1:10:52 PM PDT · by doug from upland · 5 replies
    hollywood reporter ^ | 10-2-14 | gardner
    At stake in the new lawsuit could be holograms, avatars and CGI of deceased celebrities The only thing more legally troublesome than a celebrity's rights is a dead celebrity's rights. Just look at Marilyn Monroe, the blond bombshell who died in 1962, but continues to be the center of one legal fight after another. The latest is a lawsuit filed on Wednesday against The Estate of Marilyn Monroe that contends her statutory heirs are getting in the way of a computer-generated character called "Virtual Marilyn." the vanguard are a phalanx of intellectual property lawyers who are fighting over issues like...