Prince Rogers Nelson news writes, Prince
passed away in one of the few American states which does not have an explicit law punishing commercial exploitation of an individual's likeness without consent.
Representative Joe Hoppe was inspired to do something about it, and introduced the Personal Rights in Names Can Endure Act, or Prince Act. He hoped the legislation would give extended publicity control to Prince's estate trustees, limiting the use of his voice, name, signature and photographs for at least 50 years.
