Uso no autorizado del nombre o la imagen de una persona

Explicación Simple

Si alguien usa tu nombre o tu foto para vender algo sin pedirte permiso, tú puedes demandar. Esto significa que puedes pedir que dejen de usarlo y también pedir dinero si te causaron problemas.

Es como si un amigo usara tu receta secreta para hacer galletas y venderlas sin decirte. Tú podrías enojarte porque no te pidió permiso y, además, no te dio nada a cambio.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana es una influencer y alguien usa su foto para promocionar un producto sin su permiso. Ana puede demandar a la empresa para que dejen de usar su imagen y recuperar dinero por el daño que le causaron.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

42 Pa.C.S. 2002 - Amendment § 8316. Unauthorized use of name or likeness. (a) Cause of action established.-- Any natural person whose name or likeness has commercial value and is used for any commercial or advertising purpose without the written consent of such natural person or the written consent of any of the parties authorized in subsection (b) may bring an action to enjoin such unauthorized use and to recover damages for any loss or injury sustained by such use. (b) Parties authorized to bring action.-- Such action may be brought by: (1) The natural person. (2) A parent or guardian of a natural person, if the natural person is a minor. (3) If such natural person is deceased, any person, firm or corporation authorized in writing to license the commercial or advertising use of the natural person's name or likeness by the natural person during the natural person's lifetime or by will or other testamentary device; an executor named in a will or designated by a court of competent jurisdiction; or where there is no such authorization, then by the deceased person's surviving spouse at the time of death until the surviving spouse's death or, in a case where there is no surviving spouse, then any other heir or group of heirs having at least a 50% interest in the deceased person's estate as provided for under law. (4) Any other person, firm or corporation authorized in writing by such natural person to license the commercial or advertising purposes of the person's name or likeness. (c) Repose.-- No action shall be commenced under this section more than 30 years after the death of such natural person. (d) Immunity.-- No person, firm or corporation, including their employees and agents, in the business of producing, manufacturing, publishing or disseminating material for comm