A California state court, interpreting the state’s “right of publicity” law, has ruled that the rights of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega were not infringed when he was turned into a character in the videogame Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Eugene Volokh has details [earlier].
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At the time Noriega was losing control, I expressed the hope that he could get asylum in Norway:
“Noriega a Noruega!”