June 27, 2016 – Professor
Eugene Volokh commented in BuzzFeed
on the legal implications of singer Kanye West’s music video, in which he
depicts himself naked in bed with the likenesses of various celebrities,
including wife Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump and
others.
Professor Volokh said that the type
of imagery depicted in the video exposed West to liability. “The bottom line is that
if some of the depicted people sued Kanye West, they’d have a substantial
chance of winning, though not an open-and-shut claim,” Professor Volokh said.
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