Privacy and Personality Rights

This is the first book on the market to draw together the different strands of law in areas including, privacy and the Press Complaints Commission, defamation, sponsorship and merchandising. Analysis of the law is supplemented with guidance as to procedure and related matters enabling practitioners to respond quickly to their clients' needs. Article 8 of the ECHR protects an individual's right to privacy, however, in the UK this is particularly difficult to implement due to the lack of UK legislation in this area. UK privacy law has developed as a result of several important cases over the past few years, such as Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers and most recently the litigation involving Max Mosley. This book reviews the law as it has developed in these and other recent cases and explains the current situation regarding UK Privacy Law. Written by a barrister, a solicitor and a member of the Press Complaints Commission, the author team is uniquely placed to give an insight into this increasingly complex and important area of law and to provide practical advice for practitioners who represent 'celebrity' clients. For anyone in the public eye whose image and reputation is their biggest commercial asset, they need to be able to protect this reputation and preserve their right to privacy whilst exploiting their image for commercial gain. When an individual's rights are violated practitioners are frequently called upon to seek appropriate redress. Privacy and Personality Rights: Commercial Exploitation and Protection suitably equips the practitioner to represent such clients and includes useful precedent contracts, injunctions and claim documents. This book will be of interest to commercial lawyers, media entertainment and intellectual property lawyers, litigators, private client practitioners and in-house lawyers. CONTENTS Introduction What is a celebrity? What is a right to privacy? Is there an image right? If not, what are we dealing with? How is the celebrity persona/image protected? Protecting the Image Exploiting the Image Non contractual Claims/Matters Privacy Image rights Defamation Harassment Press Complaints Commission Intellectual Property (copyright and related rights frequently encountered with celebrity clients) Contractual Matters Management Agreement Publishing contracts Sponsorship Endorsement contracts Merchandising Recording Agreements Remedies Precedents Privacy Defamation Injunctions