Einstein's "extremely aggressive and litigious" estate makes $12.5m a year in image licensing fees

When Albert Einstein died in 1955, there was no such thing as publicity rights. Those came along much later. Today, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which Einstein co-founded in 1918, earns about $12.5 million a year licensing his image. The Guardian has a fascinating article about image licensing and the California Celebrity Rights Act of 1985. — Read the rest