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Originally Posted by RawAlex
Michael, my answer would be "what, model released mean nothing?" Most model releases do specifically include use of name.
Go after the squatters, that's fine - but going after people who have purchased rights to her content and run a business based on it would be horrible. Stars doing that sort of move might find themselves in the cold, as it were, as programs won't want to touch them with a 10 foot pole for fear of getting sued.
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I think this still goes back to nominative vs. fair use though - the studios have the right, based on a typical release, to use her name for promotional purposes. This does not preclude her right to use her trademarked name in a proprietary versus marginal way.
There's a marked difference in saying "Buy movies featuring StarName here" and "This is StarName's Site."