Plain English Breakdown
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Privacy Law Update on Using Names and Likenesses
AB-2416 makes a nonsubstantive change to the existing law that holds people liable for using another person's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in products or advertising without consent.
What This Bill Does
- Keeps the current rule making someone liable if they knowingly use another person's identity in products or for selling things without permission.
- Makes a nonsubstantive change to the wording of these existing provisions.
Who It Names or Affects
- People whose names, voices, signatures, photographs, or likenesses are used by others.
- Individuals who use another person's identity in products, merchandise, goods, or for advertising and selling without consent.
Terms To Know
- Nonsubstantive change
- A small edit to the text that does not alter the meaning of the law.
- Likeness
- The name, voice, signature, photograph, or appearance of a person as protected by this bill's context.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official summary does not specify exactly which words are being changed.
- No new rules or penalties are added; the law remains focused on existing liability for damages.