Right of Publicity State-by-State
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News & Analysis
Revised No FAKES Act Still Poses Danger of Our Losing Control of our Digital Selves
On May 21st, the Senate Judiciary committee held a hearing to consider “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” of “AI-Generated Deepfakes.” In addition to a broad-based conversation about the dangers and opportunities presented by generative AI technology that can deceptively replicate a...
House Introduces Its Companion Version of NO FAKES Act
The House has introduced its own version of the NO FAKES Act. Apparently, at least some in the House are shifting gears from the earlier No AI FRAUD Act given the broader support for the revised version of the Senate's NO FAKES Act. ...
Copyright Office Calls for Congressional Action on Digital Replicas
Late this summer, the U.S. Copyright Office released the first of its planned reports on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence. This one, designated as Part 1, addresses “Digital Replicas”. It was notably released the same day that members of the Senate introduced a bipartisan...
About Jennifer E. Rothman
Jennifer E. Rothman is the Nicholas F. Gallicchio Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Book
THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY: Privacy Reimagined for a Public World
This book from Harvard University Press by Professor Jennifer Rothman traces the history and development of the right of publicity and its current collision course with individual liberty, free speech and copyright law.