privacy photography right-of-publicity
Is using a person&#39;s face in satirical video without video legal?
<p>I Have Been Taking Photos Of People And Putting Them On Youtube Videos In Satirical Context Without Consent. In One Case, It Was Against Their Will. I Do Not Leak Any Information Or Send Hate Or Anything Towards Them. All I Do Is Post Pictures Calling Them Things. Is This Legal?</p>

<p>In the US, there are some contexts where permission is required. First, if you are commercially exploiting a person's image, then permission is required: this is about civil <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_rights" rel="nofollow noreferrer">personality rights</a> (which in California are also recognized statutorily). That doesn't seem applicable here. The other is <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1801" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"video voyerism"</a>, which is a federal crime, and that is about posting pictures of someone's privates, which I also assume is not applicable here. </p>
