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Posts by Danielle F. BassPartnerDanielle Bass is a partner in the Technology Transactions and Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Groups who focuses her practice on transactional matters involving information technology, intellectual property, data ...
In April 2023, Kyland Young, a star from the popular reality TV show Big Brother, brought a right of publicity claim against NeoCortext, Inc., the developer of a deepfake software called Reface. See Young v. NeoCortext, Inc., 2:23-cv-02486 (C.D.CA filed Apr. 3, 2023). Young claimed that NeoCortext’s Reface, “which uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to allow users to swap faces with actors, musicians, athletes, celebrities, and/or other well-known individuals in images and videos,” violates California’s right of publicity law. Young’s case, which is still pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, raises important questions about deepfakes and their intersection with the law as it pertains to famous figures.