Her estate claimed she domiciled in New York in order to save some money by not paying California estate taxes. And because of that ruling her likeness doesn't enjoy protections as many other dead celebrities do. Many of her works are still covered under copyright protections. But if you wanted, you could hologram generate a Marilyn and have her twerk next to Tupac.

Federal privacy rights only apply to the living. Correct that some states have post mortem rights.

No kids; who's her estate now?

Her acting coach's third wife, who she never met, runs the bulk of her estate.

ooks like someone's planning on creating the ultimate throwback twerk-off between Marilyn and Tupac

A perfect example of why the Federal government needs to establish some sort of nationwide standard on post-mortem likeness rights. With AI advancing so quickly, this is going to become a legal nightmare really soon.

To be fair most people she knew when she was alive are dead now. If she were alive today she’d be 96.

Yeah, no. Free speech and the right to culture is more important than making an even bigger pile of money for a handful of rich celebrities.

I think they need to make regulations because if we're not careful, the rich celebrities will make it so that their likenesses never fall into the public domain. They're only just now realizing the inconsistencies.

We are very quickly approaching a point where we won't be able to tell if anything is real anymore.

And this is why hollywood/media will continue to abuse her in death, much like they did during her life.

Indiana is one of those, so there is an indiana company that manages rights for a number of dead celebrites. I was a local counsel once for a case where we beat them by showing they had no jurisdiction over a canadian-based website.

And if you lick the Marilyn Monroe stamp they'll make you an honorary Kennedy.

> ….anything we see on a screen is real anymore.

There’s a whole real world out there.

…”honorary” Kennedy.

Now THERE is an oxymoron if ever I heard one.

Oh, you said “honorary,” not “honorable.” Carry on!

This is fascinating to me because early copies of the pinball game Taxi featured Marilyn, but legend goes that it was hastily changed to a brunette "Lola" when Monroe's estate threatened legal action. Perhaps it was a bluff that worked?

Prove it

I actually worked for Anna (as an archivist) and she is super hardcore about protecting Monroe’s likeness and artifacts. They’re very respectful, as there are a lot of things that could be monetized/abused that no one will ever see. Everyone wants to use her likeness. At one point during my tenure, a tampon company wanted to put her on their packaging and the estate shot that down for being disrespectful.

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Fun fact: she was born the same year as Elizabeth II. That’s what makes the footage of the two of them meeting so interesting—the same age, but so different!

Is it getting solipsistic in here, or is it just me?

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