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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 28, 2012

Protecting your future ghost

Trust and estate lawyers say the potential profits from new tours featuring holograms of late, great artists are "enormous." But celebrities and their estates should think carefully about the implications.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A hologram "performance" by long-deceased rapper Tupac Shakur at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival impressed more than just the screaming fans. The worldwide entertainment business immediately began to imagine the possibilities.


Elvis, Janis Joplin, Michael Jackson - live on stage once again. More than one entertainment lawyer called the potential profits from ne...

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