Star power: Celebrities have a legal right to prevent the commercial use of their images without permission. But are they silencing artists and satirists as well? [...]
"Our culture values celebrity, that's just a commercial reality. The question is who should be able to make money off of that celebrity. Should it be the individual or his or her family? Or should it be a stranger, whether it's a small entrepreneur selling T-shirts or multimillion-dollar media conglomerate? It ought to be the individual."
Still, several First Amendment scholars see this shift as troubling.
