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United States (federal)United States (federal)unverified
NO FAKES Act
This legislation limits the unauthorized use of artificial intelligence to produce deepfakes and digital replicas.
Copyright and AI
31 on file · 15 became law · 5 still moving · 0 moved in 30 days
United States (federal)CaliforniaCaliforniaAB 412
Generative AI: Training Data: Copyrighted Materials
Would require generative AI developers to provide a way for rights owners to request information about the developer's use of their copyrighted materials in training.
European UnionEuropean UnionRegulation (EU) 2024/1689
AI Act
Sets EU-wide risk-based rules for AI systems, banning certain practices, imposing requirements on high-risk systems, transparency duties for some AI, and obligations for general-purpose AI model providers.
United States (federal)United States (federal)No. 4:24-cv-05417
Bartz v. Anthropic PBC (class settlement approval)
The court granted final approval of the authors' class action settlement with Anthropic over its use of pirated books.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 4591
NO FAKES Act of 2026
Would create a federal intellectual property right protecting individuals' voice and visual likeness from unauthorized digital replicas, with notice and takedown rules for platforms.
United States (federal)United States (federal)No. 1:20-cv-00613
Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. ROSS Intelligence Inc.
The court granted Thomson Reuters partial summary judgment, holding that ROSS copied Westlaw headnotes to build an AI legal research tool and that the fair use defense failed.
New YorkNew YorkA 6578-B / S 6955-A
Artificial Intelligence Training Data Transparency Act
Would require developers of generative AI systems offered in New York to post documentation about the data used to train them.
United States (federal)United States (federal)No. 24-171
Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment
The Supreme Court held that internet provider Cox is not contributorily liable for subscribers' music piracy because it neither induced infringement nor offered a service tailored to it.
United KingdomReport and impact assessment on copyright and artificial intelligence
Statutory report under sections 135 and 136 of the Data (Use and Access) Act responding to the 2024 to 2025 consultation, stating that a broad text and data mining exception with opt-out is no longer the government's preferred approach and committing to further evidence gathering and work on input transparency.
WashingtonWashingtonSB 5886
Personality rights and forged digital likenesses
Updates Washington's personality rights law to cover forged digital likenesses, including AI-generated voice and image replicas.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom2025 c. 18
Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
Reforms UK data protection law, creates frameworks for digital verification services and smart data, restructures the Information Commissioner's Office, adds an offence of creating or requesting intimate images of adults without consent, and requires government reports on copyright and AI.
KazakhstanLaw on Artificial Intelligence
Sets principles, a three-level risk classification, prohibited practices and machine-readable labeling of synthetic content for AI systems in Kazakhstan, and addresses copyright in AI-generated works.
WashingtonWashingtonHB 1168
Increasing transparency in artificial intelligence (training data)
Would require developers of generative AI systems to publish documentation about the data used to train them.
MontanaMontanaHB 513
Property right in use of names, voices and likenesses
Creates a property right in an individual's name, voice and visual likeness, including digital depictions, and sets penalties for unauthorized use.
New YorkNew YorkS 8391 / A 8882
Post-mortem Right of Publicity (digital replicas of deceased performers)
Requires prior consent before a deceased performer's digital replica is used in audiovisual works, sound recordings or live performances.
European UnionGeneral-Purpose AI Code of Practice
Voluntary code drawn up by independent experts that gives general-purpose AI model providers a way to show compliance with AI Act transparency, copyright and safety and security obligations.
European UnionTemplate for the public summary of training content of general-purpose AI models
Explanatory notice and mandatory template that general-purpose AI model providers use to publish a summary of the data used to train their models, including main datasets and top domain names, under Article 53 of the AI Act.
United States (federal)Too Big to Prosecute?: Examining the AI Industry's Mass Ingestion of Copyrighted Works for AI Training
Senate subcommittee hearing on AI companies' use of copyrighted works, including pirated books, to train models.
United States (federal)United States (federal)No. 3:23-cv-03417
Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
The court granted Meta partial summary judgment that training its Llama models on the plaintiff authors' books was fair use on the record presented, denying the authors' own motion.
United States (federal)United States (federal)No. 4:24-cv-05417
Bartz v. Anthropic PBC (order on fair use)
The court held that training AI models on lawfully acquired books was fair use but that Anthropic's copying and keeping of pirated books in a central library was not, sending that claim toward trial.
TexasTexasSB 1960
Digital replication rights in voice and likeness
Would have created property rights in a person's digital replica of voice and visual likeness, with private causes of action for unauthorized use.
ArkansasArkansasHB 1876
Ownership of Model Training and Content Generated by Generative AI
Provides that, with exceptions, the person who supplies input to a generative AI tool owns the generated content and any resulting model training, provided it does not infringe existing rights.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 1367
NO FAKES Act of 2025
Would create a federal right protecting individuals' voice and visual likeness from unauthorized AI generated digital replicas.
OhioOhioHB 185
Persona usage rights and deepfake prohibitions
Would regulate use of an individual's persona and prohibit certain deepfakes.
United States (federal)United States (federal)No. 23-5233
Thaler v. Perlmutter
The D.C. Circuit held that the Copyright Act requires human authorship and upheld the Copyright Office's refusal to register a work created autonomously by an AI system.
ArkansasArkansasHB 1071
Frank Broyles Publicity Rights Protection Act Amendment (AI likeness)
Extends Arkansas publicity rights to protect a person's photograph, voice, or likeness reproduced through artificial intelligence and used commercially.
CaliforniaCaliforniaAB 2013
Generative AI Training Data Transparency
Requires developers of generative AI systems released since January 1, 2022 to post documentation on their websites summarizing the data used to train them, by January 1, 2026.
IllinoisIllinoisHB 4762
Digital Voice and Likeness Protection Act
Makes contract terms allowing the creation of a digital replica of a performer's voice or likeness unenforceable unless the use is reasonably described and the person was represented.
IllinoisIllinoisHB 4875
Right of Publicity Act amendment (unauthorized digital replicas)
Amends the Right of Publicity Act to cover unauthorized digital replicas of a person's identity created with AI and to create liability for distributing them.
OhioOhioHB 367
Unauthorized use of an individual's persona and deepfakes
Would have regulated unauthorized use of an individual's persona, including deepfakes.
TennesseeTennesseeHB 2091 / SB 2096
Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (ELVIS) Act
Adds voice to the personal rights protected under Tennessee's right of publicity law and expands protections against unauthorized commercial use of a person's name, voice, likeness or image, including AI-generated imitations.