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by dragonwriter 109 days ago
> There is a legally protected right of publicity.

There is not a general right of publicity in federal law in the US; in certain states there is with different parameters, including as to who is even protected.

There is a false endorsement provision in the Lanham Act, 15 USC ยง 1125(a), that provides a very narrow protection around misleading commercial endorsement, though.