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by pseudalopex 765 days ago
Likeness rights and copyright are different.
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Fictional characters cannot have personality rights, for obvious reasons.

That falls under copyright, trademarks, ...

Actors who play fictional characters have personality rights.
Yes, but not the fictional character. Scarlett Johansson's character in her, credited only as "voice", is a fictional character.
No one claimed the fictional character's personality rights were infringed.

People who want to use an actor's likeness can't get around likeness rights by saying they impersonated a specific performance actually.