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By understanding some of the risks posed by copyright law and by following the above recommendations, influencers and brands can protect their creative works and reputations and build a mutually beneficial partnership.

A steep rise in the use of GenAI and computer-generated influencers brings with it new marketing risks and considerations for celebrities, influencers and businesses alike.

Companies often partner with influencers to market their products, hoping to tap into the influencer's devoted audience. Likewise, influencers create certain content to secure brand deals and attract advertisers. However, this relationship can be fraught with legal issues, including in the arena of copyright law.

A steep rise in the use of GenAI and computer-generated influencers brings with it new marketing risks and considerations for celebrities, influencers, and businesses alike.

Whether in the context of artist/entertainment company, employer/employee, franchisor/franchisee or influencer/brand relationships, who owns and controls the social media accounts and associated goodwill sometimes comes into dispute. This article provides guidance on the standards courts apply in determining ownership rights over social media accounts, as well as best practices to head off such disputes before they occur.

With the FTC amping up its scrutiny in the social media influencer space, in-house counsel has an opportunity to mitigate risk and help their companies get more bang for their influencer marketing buck.

This article provides guidance on the standards courts apply in determining ownership rights over social media accounts, as well as best practices to head off such disputes before they occur.

Whether there's a fair use right to use copyrighted texts to train learning language models (LLMs) such as LLaMA is one of the central legal questions facing companies developing generative artificial intelligence. District Judge Chhabria then knocked out a significant chunk of the plaintiffs' initial claims — a win for Meta's legal team. Following are interviews about the case with these defense lawyers.