Owners of Marilyn Monroe Photos Win Big Legal Victory Over Actor’s Heirs

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Owners of Marilyn Monroe Photos Win Big Legal Victory Over Actor’s Heirs | PDNPulse

Owners of Marilyn Monroe photographs have won a decisive legal victory in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, which has affirmed that Marilyn Monroe heirs have inherited no rights of publicity to the actress’s likeness. The dec

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The decision means that Monroe’s heirs cannot control how images of the actress are used commercially, and cannot demand fees whenever those images are licensed for use on calendars, posters, memorabilia, or other products.