Privacy and the Other Miss M

By contrasting the lawsuits of Marion Manola and Bette Midler, this article demonstrates that the property right, often called the right of publicity, is theoretically based in the right to privacy, as extolled by Warren and Brandeis. The author concludes that it is important to understand the theoretical framework of these rights, and how they fit together, in order to appreciate the reasons for the law's protection of these particular interests.