New York has long resisted enacting a post-mortem right of publicity in large part in the name of freedom of the press and general First Amendment rights.

Residual ambiguities about the permissioning required under the 1976 Act led to a highly publicized case against a very large US-based corporation, Texaco.

It seems safe to forecast that there will be a lot to talk about this year when it comes to copyright and related developments, and that in this respect at least, 2021 will look a lot like previous years.