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Fragile Merchandise: A Comparative Analysis of the Privacy Rights for Public Figures

“…This fact may be illustrated in reference to the Mistinguett case, in which the actor Jeanne Mistinguett “entered into a film contract for her autobiography.” Explicit waivers of the actor's moral rights and her right of privacy were included in the contract . George Washington University Lecturer Jeanne Hauch explains that the French Court held these waivers were invalid: “Since private facts or events are an extension of an individual's personality, to strip them from the individual's control is as unthinkable to the French mind as is the truncation of an artist's moral control over the destiny of his work.” Thus, as in the United Kingdom, French courts have developed the right of personality to extend privacy protections, but have gone further.…”