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<DIV>Hello dear all !</DIV>
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<DIV>After reading the really interesting feature about Matsuda Yusaku on
Midnight Eye (<A href="http://www.midnighteye.com">www.midnighteye.com</A>), the
remark that this actor still has great popularity in Japan as there is many
merchandize with book, action figures and so on with his unique face on it made
me think about. Recently I saw two young guys playing a video-game in a
used-game shop, and the main figure in this game was ... Matsuda Yusaku
! (Maybe I am wrong, but please take a look at his picture from
the game by yourself: <A
href="http://www.capcom.com/oni2/oni2_teaser.htm">http://www.capcom.com/oni2/oni2_teaser.htm</A> ).</DIV>
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<DIV>There have been quite a lot actors in video-games the last few years, but
that should not be so astonishing. This one with Matsuda surely is, because he
had passed away decades before his appearance in this game. Perhaps it is
kind of a future dream, but looking at the computer-made actor in Lord of the
Rings "Gollum", in a few years we could maybe have a lot of revivals of famous
and passed away actors not only in games, but films and other media, as the
technics required for this are getting cheaper and easier to use.</DIV>
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<DIV>What makes me wonder is this: as a "living" actor You can choose the films
You play in and how the role of Your character is presented. If the role
does not appeal to Your likings, religious feelings or whatever, You can always
reject to do that job. But how is this handled with dead actors ? There isn't a
"copyright on their face" (or is there ?) that hinders one to take the look of a
famous star and use it for the purposes they want. If there is a copyright,
perhaps it will not last forever, as in books it vanishes after 50 or 70 years
after the death of the author. </DIV>
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<DIV>What do You think about it ?</DIV>
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<DIV>Greetings,</DIV>
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<DIV>Sven Koerber</DIV></BODY></HTML>