There's a difference between RPS and the Jensenvention site. RPS is clearly labeled as fiction, while the Jensenvention site was presented as fact, albeit satirically.
Actors have the right to protect the commercial value of their name and image. This is Jensen's livelihood, after all, not just a passing amusement like Jensenvention is for its site owner. He has a right to complain if media content is both false and could devalue his name and image. And then there's the waiver issue: if he failed to take any action against Jensenvention, he could lose the right to complain about the next mockumentary website or the next tabloid smears.
One final irony: I posted a comment similar to this on the live journal of a poster arguing for the First Amendment rights of the Jensenvention site owner. She deleted my comment.
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Date: 2008-07-31 03:47 pm (UTC)Actors have the right to protect the commercial value of their name and image. This is Jensen's livelihood, after all, not just a passing amusement like Jensenvention is for its site owner. He has a right to complain if media content is both false and could devalue his name and image. And then there's the waiver issue: if he failed to take any action against Jensenvention, he could lose the right to complain about the next mockumentary website or the next tabloid smears.
One final irony: I posted a comment similar to this on the live journal of a poster arguing for the First Amendment rights of the Jensenvention site owner. She deleted my comment.