Document Type

Blog Post

Publication Date

4-26-2024

Abstract

Last month, Tennessee broke legal ground by passing the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security, or “ELVIS,” Act. This law amends the state’s existing publicity laws to include protections for an individual’s voice in general as well as specifically against artificial intelligence (AI) impersonation. The statute defines a voice as “a sound in a medium that is readily identifiable and attributable to a particular individual, regardless of whether the sound contains the actual voice or a simulation of the voice of the individual.” This standard shows a statutory expansion of legal protections for voices that blossomed with major cases in the Ninth Circuit involving Bette Midler and Tom Waits.

This post was originally published on the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal website on April 26, 2024. The original post can be accessed via the Archived Link button above.

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