In a message dated 3/13/01 3:08:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, steve.rogerson@mcr1.poptel.org.uk writes:

<< The rights to your own image law does exists in the US I believe and can come into play here (someone who knows US law a bit better may be able to explain), but there is no equivalent law in the UK yet, though the government is thinking about this. >>

Yes, but if you are considered a "public" figure, these rights are very limited. You are considered to have signed them away by very virtue of the fact that you have chosen to be an actor or a politician, etc.

Annie