The Quarterly Journal of Judicial Law Views

The Quarterly Journal of Judicial Law Views

Legal Protection of the Right to Voice

Authors
Alireza Mohammadzade
pegah sarmadi
Abstract
Right on voice is one of the rights which protect of person’s voice and sound and prohibit of imitation (sound effects) and sound forgery. Today on the light of increasing developments of communications this right includes some forms and instances which protected by legal systems in different ways. In some of the legal systems, this right has recognized on the basis of personality rights and right to privacy or intellectual property rights. But in others, use of elements of identity by celebrities without permission in order to get benefit, has guaranteed in spite of the personality right and it has led to recognize an independent right as right of publicity which right to voice is an instance of that right. So analyses about position of voice and the question that the right to voice in which legal format will have proper protection consists the aim of this research which after a short analyses about personality right, right of publicity and copyright, we will try to analyses that right. It seems that in legal system of Iran, right to voice is supported on the basis of personality rights and intellectual property rights.
Keywords
Personality Right
Right to Privacy
Right of Publicity
spiritual right
Right to Voice
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