Lugosi v. Universal Pictures, 603 P.2d 425 (Cal. 1979),[1] was a decision of the Supreme Court of California with regard to the personality rights of celebrities, particularly addressing whether these rights descended to the celebrities' heirs. The suit was brought by the heirs of Béla Lugosi, his son Bela Jr. and his fifth wife Hope Lugosi,[2] who jointly sued Universal Pictures in 1966 for using his personality rights without the heirs' permission on toys, posters, model kits and the like. The trial court initially ruled in favor of the Lugosi heirs, but Universal Studios won the case in an appeal. The court determined that a dead person had no right to their likeness, and any rights that existed did not pass to their heirs.[3]
This is like three tangents deep and way off topic for Epic Universe, but how does the Bela Lugosi Dracula portrait in the USF Prop Shop fit into this situation? I've always heard the TM's working there tell about how that is the only thing that can't be sold in the whole shop, basically just because of the likeness. Even the signs outside on Rodeo leading people inside or cabinets and tables used to display the primary products are technically for sale, if purposely ridiculously overpriced. They wouldn't lie to me...would they? :look:
Obviously thats not the reason. More likely its a piece on loan from an archive somewhere, or something like that. TM's, like CM's, are generally not really in the loop about things like that.
If they put in a Potter level of effort I think it absolutely has a shot of being one of the best themed lands in the world.
The white tower in the background is part of Super Nintendo World. The weird wall prop doesn't belong there though.
I think its part of Yoshi. You can see the little window on side that is dark grey
The white tower in the background is part of Super Nintendo World. The weird wall prop doesn't belong there though.
Production Central, the poor sister ghetto like entrance.
