The issue of pretrial publicity was raised early in the case, when Mr. Blagojevich's lawyers complained that too many prospective jurors had negative preconceived notions about him.
Beyond the issue of pretrial publicity, Colbert sees a problem with any implication that largely black Baltimore won't be able to produce an unbiased jury pool.
We have looked at issues of hypothetical publicity and actual publicity.
In view of the magnitude of implications of visitor restriction, it is important that policy decisions, at the micro or macro level, consider issues of equity, publicity, transparency and the appeal process.
The court has taken up the right-of-publicity issue only once, in 1977, when it ruled in favor of Hugo Zacchini, a circus performer who originated the human cannonball act and who sued the owner of a television station that broadcast his entire act without his consent.
Right-of-publicity issues may also impact developers that use purely hand-drawn fantasy worlds that include characters that draw inspiration from real-world personalities.
Thus, right-of-publicity issues will remain on the front burner: Video games will undoubtedly get much more realistic and immersive, as game developers take advantage of the processing available on the Xbox One and PS 4 platforms set to hit the shelves this month.
On the issue of the "oxygen of publicity", I still believe that the best way to deal with malign or wrongheaded ideas is in open debate.
Though the 3D-rendered character is a computer recreation of Ms. Page (rather than a digitized photo of her), one can expect that right-of-publicity legal issues will be at play in any fallout that may occur.
Revival of the issue generated a fresh wave of publicity.
