Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Definable group" means an assemblage of individuals existing or brought together with or without interrelation, orderly form, or arrangement, including, but not limited to, a crowd at any sporting event, a crowd in any street or public building, the audience at any theatrical or stage production, a glee club, or a baseball team; (2) "Individual" means human being, living or dead; (3) "Likeness" means the use of an image of an individual for commercial purposes; (4) "Person" means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, syndicate, receiver, common law trust, conservator, statutory trust, or any other concern by whatever name known or however organized, formed, or created, and includes not-for-profit corporations, associations, educational and religious institutions, political parties, community, civic, or other organizations; (5) "Photograph" means any photograph or photographic reproduction, still or moving, or any videotape or live television transmission, of any individual, so that the individual is readily identifiable; and (6) "Voice" means a sound in a medium that is readily identifiable and attributable to a particular individual, regardless of whether the sound contains the actual voice or a simulation of the voice of the individual. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 588,s 3, eff. 7/1/2024. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 588,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024. Acts 1984, ch. 945, § 2. As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Definable group" means an assemblage of individuals existing or brought together with or without interrelation, orderly form, or arrangement, including, but not limited to, a crowd at any sporting event, a crowd in any street or public building, the audience at any theatrical or stage production, a glee club, or a baseball team; (2) "Individual" means human being, living or dead; (3) "Likeness" means the use of an image of an individual for commercial purposes; (4) "Person" means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, syndicate, receiver, common law trust, conservator, statutory trust, or any other concern by whatever name known or however organized, formed, or created, and includes not-for-profit corporations, associations, educational and religious institutions, political parties, community, civic, or other organizations; (5) "Photograph" means any photograph or photographic reproduction, still or moving, or any videotape or live television transmission, of any individual, so that the individual is readily identifiable; and (6) "Voice" means a sound in a medium that is readily identifiable and attributable to a particular individual, regardless of whether the sound contains the actual voice or a simulation of the voice of the individual. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 588,s 3, eff. 7/1/2024. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 588,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024. Acts 1984, ch. 945, § 2.