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Posted by M Arthur Auslander on October 09, 2001 at 06:28:48:

In Reply to: Celebrity impersonations posted by Joe Bauer on October 09, 2001 at 04:17:43:

: As far as copywrite infrigment;
: Could I be restricted in any way from doing my celebrity impersonations ( Voice Only )for commercial use . For example; could I do my celebrity voice impersonations for radio or TV commercials as long as I do not identify myself as the actual celebrity?

: Also could I make a retail or telephone access tape for commercial sale of my celebrity voice impersonations, again , as long as I don't identify by name the celebrity I am impersonating?

Dear Mr. Bauer,

My gut says you can but my heart says that If I represented someone you impersonated and I wanted to give you a hard time I might suceed. My guess is that you are more safe than sorry. I' sure there is lots of law in this. It's just not in my head and I'm not going to do research to answer a quetion here.

M. Arthur Auslander

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