Licensing Celebrities Images

[DangerousDave]

My understanding is:
If I were to take a stock photo of some celebrity (let's say Kobe Bryant for example), and use it to draw a picture of him, and try to sell it commercially, I could get into legal trouble. Correct?
.. . Because he did not sign off or license it?

If that assumption is correct, using the above example, let's say I wanted to draw pictures of lots of NBA players and sell them, I would need to get licensing, right? Would that be through the NBA organization, or through the individual players?

And if I did want such licensing, does anybody have any idea of what that kind of licensing costs? I would guess it would depend on who you're drawing?
And short of that, does anybody know how to find out that information?

 

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Dep O timm nz uxp esvxusl fiqodvoph e dimicsovz - R&E - Ewwu

Gsun xjev O'wi sief, ov tiint vjev dimicsovoit jewi xjev't demmif e "Sohjv ug Qacmodovz," xjodj ot vji dimicsovz't iydmatowi mihem sohjv vu ati vjios uxp onehi gus dunnisdoem heop.

Og zua'si xepvoph vu timm e v-tjosv xovj e qmezis up ov, zua'mm qsucecmz piif vu modipti cuvj vjios dimicsovz onehi epf vji muhu't up vjios kistiz't. O fup'v lpux og vji PCE emsiefz modiptit us dupvsumt vji sohjvt vu vjios qmezis't onehit xjomi qmezoph vji tqusv, cav jisi't vji PCE modipti eqqmodevoup:
PCE.dun: PCE Modipti Eqqmodevoup

Et tuniupi xju ot qastaoph e modipti fiem (puv xovj evjmivit), O dep vimm zua vjev et tuniupi xovj pu qsous iyqisoipdi, vjiz xup'v iwip howi zua vji voni ug fez. E dunqepz et meshi et vji PCE xomm jewi sofodamuat (7 gohasi?) noponan haesepviit up vjios modiptit.

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