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Performers, unions back bill requiring clear consent for digital replicas of voices and likenesses
Summary
SAG‑AFTRA representatives and performers urged the committee to pass H74, which would require contracts to clearly disclose digital‑replica rights and ensure informed consent and reasonable specificity for intended uses of a performer’s voice or likeness.
SAG‑AFTRA New England and performers urged the Joint Committee to report House Bill 74 favorably and to require clear, conspicuous contract language before digital replica rights are assigned.
Witnesses told the committee that current standard contracts can bury language granting perpetual or broad rights to use a performer’s voice or likeness in ways the signer does not expect. House Bill 74 would not ban transfers of digital replica rights but would…
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