Category: Entertainment Law
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Deepfakes of the Dead: Applying Postmortem Publicity Law to Artificial Intelligence Digital Replicas
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Your phone lights up: a friend has sent you a “new” video of a loved one you buried years ago. The smile, cadence, and timing are all perfect. The video, however, is a deepfake, and families, such as Robin William’s, are learning that artificial intelligence (“AI”) is outpacing existing publicity statutes, leaving estates with little…
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NIL In College Sports: The SCORE and SAFE Acts Go Head-To-Head
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In the summer of 2021, the world of college sports shifted dramatically when the United States Supreme Court held in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston that the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (“NCAA”) limits on student-athlete compensation violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act.[1] In response to the decision, the NCAA initiated an interim policy…
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Duke Drama: Defamation & Defense of Institution Identity within The White Lotus
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This article contains information about suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please reach out for help. You can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or visit their website at suicidepreventionlifeline.org. The wardrobe stylist for Timothy Ratliff, a main character in season three of HBO’s The White…
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When Irrevocable Trusts Cause Irrevocable Family-Feuds: Murdoch Family Feuds in Probate Court Over Eventual Control of Media Empire
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In loving memory of David F. Sigler, on his birthday.He will be celebrated forever and always. Rupert Murdoch (“Murdoch”), the head of Fox News and the News Corp. empire, is in a courtroom battle against three of his children to amend his irrevocable trust.[1] The trust, created after Murdoch’s second divorce decades ago, controls what…
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AI-Generated Deception: Filling the Gaps in Defamation and Privacy Protections
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The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have brought about a new wave of media manipulation, particularly through AI-generated “deepfakes.” Deepfakes are synthetic media in which a person’s likeness, voice, or appearance is altered or mimicked by AI to make the person appear to say or do something they might have never actually said or…
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Out of the Mouths of Babes and Into Their Parents’ Bank Accounts: Addressing the Lack of Labor Regulations for Child Influencers
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Cam Barrett, a now-grown child of a mommy vlogger, testified to the Washington State Legislature: “When I was nine years old, the intimate details of my first period were shared online.” She spoke in support of passing HB 1627, which would legally protect minor children featured in monetized online content. Over the past decade, parents have increasingly quit their…
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Blindsided: The Impact of Michael Oher’s Conservatorship
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Many Americans are familiar with the 2009 blockbuster “The Blind Side” that chronicled the life of Michael Oher(“Oher”). Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Oher’s early years were spent in foster homes and homelessness due to his father’s murder and his mother’s drug addiction that prevented her from providing for her twelve children. At the age of sixteen, Oher’s life took a…