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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Digital Replicas and the First Amendment: The Latest in Artificial Intelligence Legislation

Image-generating technology is accelerating quickly, making it much more likely that you will be seeing "digital replicas" (sometimes referred to as "deepfakes") of celebrities and non-celebrities alike across film,...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: U.S. Copyright Office Issues “Digital Replica” Report Finding Urgent Need for New Federal Legislation

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Last year, the U.S. Copyright Office commenced a far-reaching policy study concerning copyright and related issues raised by the widespread availability and use of artificial intelligence (AI). This week, the Office released...more

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From Scarlett Johansson to Tupac: AI is Sparking a Performer Rights Revolution

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With artificial intelligence (AI) taking the world by storm and generative AI making content creation easier than ever, legal problems regarding intellectual property and rights to publicity have inevitably started popping...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

What You Need to Know If You’re Using AI-Generated Voices for Your Company

Global music superstar Taylor Swift began her music career in Nashville, so we thought it fitting that on July 1, with the end of the Eras Tour in sight, the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act went into...more

Baker Donelson

Re-Considering the Right of Publicity in the World of Generative AI

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Bette Midler. Vanna White. Marylin Monroe. Each of these women has undoubtedly shaped pop culture in some meaningful way. Perhaps what is lesser known is that litigation surrounding each of these women has shaped the legal...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

That Robot Took My Voice: Scarlett Johansson And The Right Of Publicity

“A voice is as distinctive and personal as a face. The human voice is one of the most palpable ways identity is manifested. We are all aware that a friend is at once known by a few words on the phone. . . The singer manifests...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

The King is Back (in the Digital Era) | The ELVIS Act, Generative AI and Right of Publicity

On March 21, 2024, in a bold regulatory move, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (“ELVIS”) Act (Tenn. Code Ann. §47-25-1101 et seq.) – a law which, as Gov. Lee stated, covers...more

Venable LLP

Tennessee Out Front: Enacting Protections Against AI Misuse in the Music Industry

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Last month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act of 2024—known as the “ELVIS Act”—making Tennessee the first state to address head-on potential misuses of artificial...more

Clark Hill PLC

ROP on the Rise: Right of Publicity Claims Will Rise as States Address AI Generated Deepfakes and Voice Cloning

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Laws prohibiting the use of a person’s likeness for commercial gain have been in effect for some time, testing everything from the value of an influencer’s endorsement to “freemium” reports by people search companies....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The ELVIS Act: Tennessee Shakes Up Its Right of Publicity Law and Takes On Generative AI

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A new Tennessee law seeks to impose liability on generative AI companies and internet platforms related to unauthorized use of a person’s voice or likeness. On March 21, 2024, Tennessee enacted the Ensuring Likeness,...more

Vondran Legal

Artificial Intelligence Law - Intellectual Property Protection for your voice?

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With the advent of AI technology capable of replicating a person's voice and utilizing it for commercial purposes, several key legal issues are likely to emerge under California's right of publicity law. The right of...more

Baker Donelson

New Legislation Proposed in Tennessee to Protect Against Deepfakes: ELVIS Act

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Recent advances in technology and artificial intelligence have the power to completely disrupt the world of advertising, media, music, sports, and entertainment by manipulating digital content to create synthetic photos and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

A Federal Right of Publicity for the Age of AI? Unpacking the Proposed NO FAKES Act

Artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes—video, audio, or photographic content that mimics some or all of the characteristics of one’s identity—have captured the wary attention of the public, politicians and the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Right of Publicity Bill Would Federally Regulate AI-Generated Fakes

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With deepfakes going around the Internet, the ability of AI tools to generate convincing and hyperreal replicas of a person’s likeness has raised a number of new issues, including the ability of rights of publicity (or “name,...more

Venable LLP

Artificial Intelligence Wants Your Name, Image and Likeness - Especially If You're a Celebrity

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Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) have made it easier than ever to replicate a person's name, image, and likeness (NIL), particularly if that person is a celebrity. AI algorithms require massive amounts of "training...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

A Deepfake App Could Be in Deep Trouble with California Celebrities

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A deepfake is an image or video of a person, often a celebrity, who has been digitally altered using an artificial intelligence (“AI”) application to appear to be someone else. Deepfake technology has the potential to be...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Celebrity “Faces Off” Against Deep Fake AI App Over Right of Publicity

Generative AI (GAI) applications have raised numerous copyright issues. These issues include whether the training of GAI models constitute infringement or is permitted under fair use, who is liable if the output infringes...more

Foster Garvey PC

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - May 2021 #3

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As readers from last week will recall, we spent some time examining the notion of credibility. One week later, we’re witnessing what credibility (or lack thereof) hath wrought on our subjects. Bob Baffert? Banned from New...more

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New York’s Right to Publicity and Deepfakes Law Breaks New Ground

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On November 30, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a path-breaking law addressing synthetic or digitally manipulated media. The law has two main components. First, the law establishes a postmortem right of...more

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