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Legislative Protections Against AI Voice Scams Image

Legislative Protections Against AI Voice Scams

Jeffrey N. Rosenthal, Timothy J. Miller & Liam Leahy

A wide range of tools have been developed to perform vocal cloning, leading to vocal deepfakes becoming a common source of scams and misinformation. And these issues have only been exacerbated by a lack of appropriate laws and regulations to rein in the use of AI and protect an individual's right to their voice.

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Truth-in-Music-Advertising Law Provides No Private Right of Action to Music Groups Image

Truth-in-Music-Advertising Law Provides No Private Right of Action to Music Groups

Stan Soocher

As for the Truth-in-Music-Advertising law in this case of first impression, band-name rights holders will have to wait for state counsel to act in order to seek remedies provided by the statute.

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Landscape for Legislative Protections Against AI Uses of Voice Image

Landscape for Legislative Protections Against AI Uses of Voice

Jeffrey N. Rosenthal, Timothy J. Miller & Liam Leahy

The adoption of the DMCA-style notice-and-takedown system is promising. But vocal artists will likely need greater protections on the improper or unauthorized use of their voice, and stronger regulations requiring the disclosure of any use of AI in advertising, promotions or other digital or audio content placed on the Internet.

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Copyright Suit Over Miley Cyrus' Hit 'Flowers' Tests Copyright Defenses for "Response" Songs Image

Copyright Suit Over Miley Cyrus' Hit 'Flowers' Tests Copyright Defenses for "Response" Songs

Michelle Morgante

The suit raises the issue of whether "response" songs can have legal protection from copyright owners of the song that generated the response composition.

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Fresh Filings Image

Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

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Hold On, I'm Suing: Artists' Copyright Claims over the Trump Campaign's Use of Their Music and What Some Courts Have Ruled In Similar Instances Image

Hold On, I'm Suing: Artists' Copyright Claims over the Trump Campaign's Use of Their Music and What Some Courts Have Ruled In Similar Instances

Stan Soocher

Artists protesting the use of their music in political campaign settings and threatening to sue has been in the news a lot this election season. This article provides a refresher on the smattering of notable decisions as well as a look at the latest in the lawsuit by the estate of Isaac Hayes over the Trump campaign's use of the classic soul song "Hold On, I'm Coming."

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Players On the Move

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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Landscape for Legislative Protections Against AI Voice Scams Image

Landscape for Legislative Protections Against AI Voice Scams

Jeffrey N. Rosenthal, Timothy J. Miller & Liam Leahy

Tools have been developed to perform vocal cloning, leading to vocal deepfakes becoming a common source of scams and misinformation. And these issues have only been exacerbated by a lack of appropriate laws and regulations to rein in the use of AI and protect an individual's right to their voice.

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