P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 3157

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§ 3157. Exceptions

This chapter shall not apply under the following circumstances:

(a) When an individual’s likeness is used in any medium as part of a news report, political expression, sporting, or artistic event transmission, or presentation with a legitimate public interest, and where said likeness is not used with commercial or publicity purposes.

(b) When a person’s likeness is used as part of a satire or parody, but with no commercial or advertising purposes.

(c) When a person’s likeness is used for criticism or remarks in academia or research, as long as said use does not constitute a hidden exploitation of a person’s protected likeness.

(d) When the likeness of an accessory figure is used.

History —July 13, 2011, No. 139, § 8.