Game faces : sport celebrity and the laws of reputation /

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"Sports figures cope with a level of celebrity once reserved for the stars of stage and screen. In Game Faces, Sarah K. Fields looks at the legal ramifications of the cases brought by six of them--golfer Tiger Woods, quarterback Joe Montana, college football coach Wally Butts, baseball pitchers...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fields, Sarah K., 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
Series:Sport and society.
Subjects:
Privacy, Right of > United States > Cases.
Celebrities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > Cases.
Publicity (Law) > United States > Cases.
Photographs > Law and legislation > United States > Cases.
Freedom of the press > United States > Cases.
Heroes in mass media.
Publicité (Droit) > États-Unis > Jurisprudence.
Liberté de la presse > États-Unis > Jurisprudence.
Héros dans les médias.
LAW > Media & the Law.
LAW > Sports.
LAW > Defamation.
Freedom of the press.
Photographs > Law and legislation.
Privacy, Right of.
Publicity (Law)
Sport
Berühmte Persönlichkeit
Persönlichkeitsrecht
United States.
USA
Trials, litigation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The history of celebrity and the laws
  • Lies, libel, and football : coaches as public figures
  • Stop the press : a baseball legend and biography
  • Super bowl icon or marketing tool?
  • Owning a face : publicity and advertising
  • Art versus image : the First Amendment versus the right of publicity
  • What's in a name? comic books and hockey.

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