18.07.2014 - 00:03 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

General Noriega Attacks Activision: How The ‘Right of Publicity’ Led A Dictator to Censor Call of Duty

A new lawsuit illustrates just how crazy things have become. Yesterday, General Noriega, who is currently in prison in Panama, sued Activision for his depiction in Call of Duty. His lawsuit claims that the game misappropriates his likeness for financial gain, a California state law claim also known as the “right of publicity.”