| HappySqurriel said: For years I've wondered how these actor's contracts are written ... If it was possible, and it likely isn't, when Sony stopped using an actor for one of their campaigns (if I was Nintendo or Microsoft) I would create a series of commercials to be run on youtube using these actors. Essentially have "Marcus" or "Kevin Butler" switch sides in a humorous way. |
The character (Kevin Butler) would be owned by Sony. It could not be used by anyone else without Sony's permission.
The actor (Jerry Lambert) would have been a contract employee. His contract may have included a "non-compete" clause which would not prohibit him from doing anything for a competitor of Sony for a certain length of time afterwards -- or not. Such a delay requirement would have lessoned the effectiveness of a "switching" commercial, if one could figuure out how to make it without being in copyright violations.
So Lambert went from Holiday Inn Express to Sony to Bridgestone Tires. He also does some acting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lambert_%28actor%29 and http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1208801/
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