Explore the intersection of AI, voice imitation, and the right of publicity through cases like Scarlett Johansson and Val Kilmer.
For better or worse, celebrity lookalikes and soundalikes are here to stay now that generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms pioneered by companies like OpenAI are widely available.
Experienced intellectual property lawyer Peter Afrasiabi discusses the current controversy involving Scarlett Johansson and OpenAI plus the “miracle” technology that allowed Val Kilmer to regain his speaking voice while reviewing the key right of publicity and copyright laws and court decisions that govern the creation of lookalikes and soundalikes.
Peter also takes you through the pros and cons of the Deepfakes Accountability Act, a proposed federal law that would create criminal and civil liability for creators of unauthorized deepfakes.
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Founding Partner at One, LLP
Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.
