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General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5238

 

January Session, 2009

 

LCO No. 1120

   

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. SPALLONE, 36th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING A RIGHT OF PUBLICITY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to protect an individual's image, likeness, recorded voice and performance from being wrongfully appropriated by creating a statutory right of publicity that incorporates elements of the common law right to privacy.

Statement of Purpose:

To protect the image, likeness, recorded voice and performance of individuals by establishing a statutory right of publicity.