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Karen Gravano, Appellant,v.Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. et al., Respondents.

Brief

25 Cited authorities

  1. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn.

    564 U.S. 786 (2011)   Cited 487 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that even if violent video games cause aggression, a state could not prohibit their sale to children

  2. Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.

    433 U.S. 562 (1977)   Cited 346 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding a state may privilege the press by exempting it from a right-of-publicity tort

  3. Mastrovincenzo v. City of New York

    435 F.3d 78 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 229 times
    Holding NYC's vendor licensing regime survives intermediate scrutiny because it "in no way precludes plaintiffs from reaching public audiences on the sidewalks generally, or in any of the specific venues where they currently hawk their wares" but rather "[a]t most . . . prohibits plaintiffs, as unlicensed vendors, from personally selling their wares for a profit and at a venue of their choosing"

  4. Arrington v. N Y Times Co.

    55 N.Y.2d 433 (N.Y. 1982)   Cited 324 times
    Finding the newsworthiness exception met when defendant published an article on the expanding black middle class featuring the plaintiff's image even though plaintiff had no prior knowledge that his photograph had been taken

  5. Stephano v. News Group Pub

    64 N.Y.2d 174 (N.Y. 1984)   Cited 149 times
    Finding right of publicity under New York law limited to statutory protection of "name, portrait or picture"

  6. Keller v. Electronic Arts Inc.

    724 F.3d 1268 (9th Cir. 2013)   Cited 56 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that “EA's use of the likenesses of college athletes like Samuel Keller in its video games is not, as a matter of law, protected by the First Amendment”

  7. Beverley v. Women's Med Center

    78 N.Y.2d 745 (N.Y. 1991)   Cited 62 times
    Holding that a commercial advertiser may not unilaterally override significant statutory privacy protection by wrapping its message in the cloak of public interest, however commendable that message's educational and informational value

  8. Cohen v. Herbal Concepts

    63 N.Y.2d 379 (N.Y. 1984)   Cited 71 times
    Noting that a plaintiff cannot recover under N.Y. Civ. Rights Law §§ 50- 51 without proving that he "is capable of being identified from the advertisement alone and that plaintiff has been so identified"

  9. Foster v. Svenson

    128 A.D.3d 150 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)   Cited 15 times

    651826/13, 12998 04-09-2015 Martha G. FOSTER, et al., Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. Arne SVENSON, Defendant–Respondent. Menaker & Herrmann LLP, New York (Richard G. Menaker, Erika S. Krystian and Wojciech Jakowski of counsel), for appellants. Cowan, DeBaets, Abrams & Sheppard LLP, New York (Nancy E. Wolff, Matthew A. Kaplan and Scott J. Sholder of counsel), for respondent. RENWICK, J. Menaker & Herrmann LLP, New York (Richard G. Menaker, Erika S. Krystian and Wojciech Jakowski of counsel), for appellants

  10. Porco v. Lifetime Entm't Servs., LLC

    147 A.D.3d 1253 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)   Cited 7 times

    02-23-2017 Christopher PORCO, Appellant, v. LIFETIME ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, LLC, Respondent. Christopher Porco, Dannemora, appellant pro se. David A. Schulz, New York City, for respondent. Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, New York City (Robert Balin of counsel), for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and others, amici curiae. McCARTHY, J.P. Christopher Porco, Dannemora, appellant pro se. David A. Schulz, New York City, for respondent. Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, New York City (Robert Balin

  11. Section R3211 - Motion to dismiss

    N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 3211   Cited 38,082 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Granting dismissal where a defense is based upon documentary evidence

  12. Section 51 - Action for injunction and for damages

    N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 51   Cited 552 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Affording cause of action for commercial use of name or picture without prior written consent

  13. Section 50 - Right of privacy

    N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 50   Cited 519 times   8 Legal Analyses

    A person, firm or corporation that uses for advertising purposes, or for the purposes of trade, the name, portrait or picture of any living person without having first obtained the written consent of such person, or if a minor of his or her parent or guardian, is guilty of a misdemeanor. N.Y. Civ. RightsLaw § 50