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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Right of Publicity Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 5, 10, 15, and 35 as follows:
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6 | (765 ILCS 1075/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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8 | "Commercial purpose" means the public use or holding out
of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | an individual's identity (i) on or in connection with the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | offering for sale
or sale of a product, merchandise, goods, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | services;
(ii) for purposes of advertising or promoting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | products, merchandise, goods, or
services; or (iii) for the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | purpose of fundraising.
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14 | "Identity" means any attribute of an individual that
serves | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | to
identify that individual to an ordinary, reasonable viewer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | or listener,
including but not
limited to (i) name,
(ii) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | signature, (iii) photograph, (iv) image, (v) likeness, or (vi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | voice.
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19 | "Individual" means a living or deceased natural person,
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20 | regardless of whether (i) the identity of that individual has | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | been used for a
commercial purpose during the individual's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | lifetime or (ii) the law of the domicile, residence, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | citizenship of the person at the time of death or otherwise |
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1 | recognizes a similar or identical property right .
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2 | "Juristic person" means a partnership, trust, estate,
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3 | corporation, unincorporated association, or other organization | ||||||
4 | capable of
suing and being sued in a court of law.
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5 | "Name" means the actual name or other name by which an
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6 | individual is known that is intended to identify that | ||||||
7 | individual.
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8 | "Person" means a natural or juristic person.
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9 | "Work of Fine Art" means
(i) a visual rendition including, | ||||||
10 | but not limited to, a painting, drawing,
sculpture, mosaic, | ||||||
11 | videotape, or photograph;
(ii) a work of calligraphy;
(iii) a | ||||||
12 | work of graphic art including, but not limited to, an etching,
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13 | lithograph, serigraph, or offset print;
(iv) a craft work in | ||||||
14 | materials including, but not limited to, clay, textile,
fiber, | ||||||
15 | wood, metal, plastic, or glass; or
(v) a work in mixed media | ||||||
16 | including, but not limited to, a collage,
assemblage, or work | ||||||
17 | consisting of any combination of items (i) through
(iv).
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18 | (Source: P.A. 90-747, eff. 1-1-99.)
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19 | (765 ILCS 1075/10)
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20 | Sec. 10. Recognition of right of publicity. The right to | ||||||
21 | control and to choose whether and how to use an individual's
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22 | identity for commercial purposes is recognized as each | ||||||
23 | individual's
right of publicity. This Act is intended to apply | ||||||
24 | to all personalities, living or deceased, regardless of | ||||||
25 | domicile or place of domicile at time of death.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 90-747, eff. 1-1-99.)
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2 | (765 ILCS 1075/15)
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3 | Sec. 15. Transferability, descendability, and | ||||||
4 | divisibility. The rights
under
this Act are property rights | ||||||
5 | that are freely transferable in whole or in part
to any person | ||||||
6 | either by written transfer, including but not limited to wills
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7 | and trusts, or by intestate succession only to an individual's | ||||||
8 | spouse, parents,
children, and grandchildren, except that the | ||||||
9 | rights under this Act are not
subject to levy or attachment and | ||||||
10 | may not be the subject of a security
interest. Nothing in this | ||||||
11 | Section limits the ability of any party to levy,
attach, or | ||||||
12 | obtain a security interest in the proceeds of the rights under | ||||||
13 | this
Act or the proceeds of the exercise of those rights. The | ||||||
14 | rights under this Act shall be deemed to have existed at the | ||||||
15 | time of a transfer or at the time of the death of any deceased | ||||||
16 | person or subsequent successor of his or her rights for the | ||||||
17 | purpose of determining the person or persons entitled to these | ||||||
18 | property rights as provided in this Section.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 90-747, eff. 1-1-99.)
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20 | (765 ILCS 1075/35)
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21 | Sec. 35. Applicability.
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22 | (a) This Act applies to acts or events that have a | ||||||
23 | substantial relationship to Illinois and take place after the | ||||||
24 | effective
date of this Act.
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1 | (b) This Act does not apply to the following:
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2 | (1) use of an individual's identity in an attempt to | ||||||
3 | portray, describe,
or impersonate that individual in a live | ||||||
4 | performance, a
single and original work of fine art, play, | ||||||
5 | book, article, musical work,
film, radio, television, or | ||||||
6 | other audio, visual, or audio-visual work,
provided that
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7 | the performance, work, play, book, article, or film does | ||||||
8 | not constitute in and
of itself a
commercial advertisement | ||||||
9 | for a product, merchandise, goods, or
services;
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10 | (2) use of an individual's identity for non-commercial | ||||||
11 | purposes, including
any news, public affairs, or sports | ||||||
12 | broadcast or account, or any political
campaign;
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13 | (3) use of an individual's name in truthfully | ||||||
14 | identifying the person as
the
author of a particular work | ||||||
15 | or program or the performer in a particular
performance;
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16 | (4) promotional materials, advertisements, or | ||||||
17 | commercial announcements
for a use described under | ||||||
18 | paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this
subsection; or
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19 | (5) use of photographs, videotapes, and images by a | ||||||
20 | person, firm, or
corporation practicing the profession of | ||||||
21 | photography ("professional
photographer") to exhibit in or | ||||||
22 | about the professional photographer's
place of business or | ||||||
23 | portfolio, specimens of the professional
photographer's | ||||||
24 | work, unless the exhibition is continued by the
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25 | professional photographer after written notice objecting | ||||||
26 | to the exhibition has
been given by the individual |
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1 | portrayed ; or . | ||||||
2 | (6) use of an individual's identity by a person or | ||||||
3 | entity engaged in the business of licensing or transacting | ||||||
4 | of (i) intellectual property rights of any kind (including | ||||||
5 | without limitation copyrights) or (ii) rights to use | ||||||
6 | photographs, videotapes, sound recordings, and any other | ||||||
7 | materials, in any form; provided, however, this exception | ||||||
8 | does not apply when the person or entity expressly | ||||||
9 | authorizes the use of publicity rights governed by this Act | ||||||
10 | for a commercial purpose without the written consent | ||||||
11 | required by this Act.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 90-747, eff. 1-1-99.)
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.
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