Thanks Kristen Underhill for inviting me to Cornell to share Anita Allen & my paper “Postmortem Privacy” forthcoming in the Michigan Law Review. I Enjoyed the engaging workshop & dinner w/ you Gautam Hans @alahav.bsky.social & Oskar Liivak. Also got to love the Office of Meaning-Making.
I recently testified in Congress about the issues raised by generative AI for voice and likeness rights & my concerns that pending legislation would make things worse by allowing other to own our identities. You can watch the hearing and read my testimony at judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...
I will be reviewing this legislation that was released yesterday, and provide additional thoughts soon.
The House circulated its own draft legislation to address concerns over unauthorized AI-generated performances rightofpublicityroadmap.com/news_comment...
Supreme Court likely to hold bar to registering marks that use a person’s name constitutional. More here on yesterday’s arguments in Elster: rightofpublicityroadmap.com/news_comment...
“Justice Department asks Supreme Court to block trademark 'Trump too small'” - Washington Times - with quotes from Mark McKenna, Rebecca Tushnet, and me about Vidal v. Elster. Oral argument will be held on Wed, Nov 1 at 10 am Eastern. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oc...
My thoughts on draft digital replica bill: https://rightofpublicityroadmap.com/news_commentary/draft-digital-replica-bill-risks-living-performers-rights-over-ai-generated-replacements/
A draft digital replica bill has been released in Senate https://rightofpublicityroadmap.com/news_commentary/senate-circulates-draft-of-digital-replica-bill/
