There seems to always be
something new to argue about in the field of entertainment law. I guess that is
why they call it entertainment anyway. The latest in creepy entertainment is
the fact that dead celebrities seem to be coming back to life more and more. Is
it because we can’t find enough new celebrities or the fact that we have enough
good film on these people that we might as well try to make more money from
their images and have them readily available to a new generation of possible
fans? Yeah, like always it is all about making more money.
Now we are seeing just about
anyone who was ever on film on stage in hologram form. You need a lot of
training to know the skill of creating a 3D image without the use of lenses
since a photography lens was used to originally create the image. We see
performers singing duets with these ghostly images from the past. Now Marilyn
Monroe’s estate that earns about $30 Million dollars a year is looking on how
to make more money from her popularity once she will be shown as a hologram.
Now one company is already in court looking for the right to create a virtual version of the original blond beauty.
Yes, she is singing “I want to be
loved by you” again in her sexy soft voice back to life from the movie Some
like It Hot. The hologram is close enough to the real Marilyn that the estate
of the dead woman is all upset and wants to make new money and has ordered the hologram owners to cease and desist. Now virtual Marilyn is suing the
estate. Marilyn vs. Marilyn in in the courts with millions of dollars at stake.
Marilyn Monroe is currently the third
highest paid dead celebrity. She is only behind Michael Jackson and Elvis
Presley.
Elvis recently appeared on the
show American Idol singing a duet with Celine Dion. Tupac rapped with Snoop Dog
at Coachella in 2012 and then there was Michael Jackson not quite in the flesh
at the Billboard Music Awards moon walking. All were considered new performances and all
generated new income. One image is real
and the other can be an old 19Th Century magic trick for all we
care. The fact is that we can easily mesh the both into a real conversation
with digital technology available now. Just imagine when they put all this into
commercial use. We can have new home
movies with my wife making out with Elvis and I can have my very own sex tape
with Pamela Anderson . sigh ugh This a back to the future I am not sure I am
ready for; or am I?
In terms of the court case, for famous
people who died before the digital age, who can decide weather they should rest
in peace? Virtual Marilyn argues that the Monroe estate actually does not own
her image. They even found a quote of
hers that said, “I belong to the public, I belong to the world. I’m not
interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.” Nothing better than a hot
girl saying something like that!
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