Sun, 16 Apr 2006

Elvis has left the building. Now 30,000 impersonators may have to go as well

Just when I thought I'd seen every possible travesty committed in the name of "intellectual property" I run across this gem. Turns out that the businessman in question is none other than Robert Sillerman, the billionaire media entrepreneur who owns American Idol. I wonder what I'll take to get his "authorization" to impersonate Elvis?

America’s estimated 30,000 Elvis impressionists are really shook up. They fear that they are about to be put out of business. In a move that has made the ranks of the lookalikes queasier than the thought of a deep-fried peanut butter and banana sandwich — the King’s favourite snack in the bloated autumn of his life — a New York businessman has bought the rights to Elvis’s name and likeness and has threatened to ban “unauthorised” Elvis clones.

(link) [UK Times Online]

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