Knowledge is not an element of the cause of action created by section 51 of the Civil Rights Law for compensatory damages and injunctive relief, nor will a written consent of the person whose name, picture or portrait is used which, by its terms, has expired at the time of the use complained of protect against the award of such relief under the statute. Neither malice nor recklessness need be shown...
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