From the Court to the Courtroom: How the Right of Publicity Affects Your March Madness Bracket
College basketball is undergoing a major legal shift. What once revolved around eligibility and recruiting is now shifting to contract enforcement and litigation. At the center of this change is the right of publicity, with schools and athletes clashing over who owns the athletes name, image, and likeness.
An Athlete’s Identity: The Power of NIL and Rise of Intellectual Property in College Sports
The rise of NIL (name, image, and likeness) deals in recent years has expanded college athletes’ access to funds beyond scholarships. Now, these young athletes are transformed into marketable brands, which raises pressing legal questions and issues about licensing agreements and trademarks.
How Deepfakes are Changing the Authenticity of Music
AI has created the increasing problem of deepfakes within streaming services, misappropriating artists and causing right of publicity legal battles. Big music corporations and government entities have been faced with not only the act of protecting artists from AI-generated deepfakes but preventing them from reaching a wide audience of listeners.
Tension Between Fair Use Doctrine and Right to Publicity
This post explores how social media platforms, such as Cameo, have created tension between celebrities and public figures’ rights to monetize their image and control their public personas with the audience’s right to critique and comment on them under the Copyright Act’s Fair Use doctrine.
Artificial Intelligence and the Expansion of Rights of Publicity
In response to an uptick in abusive content created using AI, states such as Tennessee have enacted legislation designed to protect rights of publicity, benefiting both celebrities and the general public.
A.I. and Voice Actors
Paul Skye Lehrman makes his living as a voice actor, but to his surprise he found his own voice being used in a podcast through AI generation by Lovo, Inc. Lehrman is suing Lovo relying on trademark protections to protect his voice's use and livelihood.
Idol Images and the Plight of Technology
K-pop Idols, members of global music groups, have some of the most fragile reputations. With the rise of social media and AI technology, false information and impersonations have run rampant. How can labels and artists ensure their right of publicity is untarnished?
Copyright’s Potential Infractions on the Right of Publicity
The intersection of copyright for tattoo artists and the right to publicity remains unresolved, with courts struggling to balance these rights. Tattoo artists seek copyright protection for their designs, while individuals and corporations with tattoos argue they control their own image under the right to publicity.