life rights
Story ownership contract
Life rights are the legal authorization to portray a real person's life story in film, television, or other media.
Studios and producers acquire life rights through contracts with the subject or their estate: The network secured her life rights before developing the biopic.
Having life rights isn't strictly necessary for biographical works about public figures, but it provides legal protection and access to private details the subject controls.
- bodily integrityControl over one's form
- bodily autonomyControl over one's physique
- personal agencyPower to act independently
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- patient autonomyRight to decide treatment
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