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House passes bill updating publicity-rights law to cover AI-generated likenesses

2226017 · January 27, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 1071, described as a cleanup to the Frank Broyles publicity rights protection act, passed the Arkansas House on a recorded vote of 95-1-1 to explicitly include AI-generated images, audio or video in protections against commercial use of an individual’s likeness.

The Arkansas House of Representatives passed House Bill 1071 on a recorded vote of 95 yeas, 1 nay and 1 present, updating the state’s publicity-rights statute to explicitly cover materials created with artificial intelligence.

Representative Richardson, who explained the bill on the floor, described it as “essentially just a cleanup bill with a minor update for emerging trends and technologies.” He said…

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