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Legal Background
Tennessee's Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act expands Tennessee's personal rights statute to protect against AI-generated replicas of a person's voice or likeness used without consent in commercial contexts.
Applicable Statutes
ELVIS Act – AI Voice and Likeness Protection
Prohibits unauthorized commercial use of AI-generated replicas of an individual's voice or likeness. Effective July 1, 2024.
Citation: Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-25-1101 et seq.
Small Business Obligations
- Do not use AI to generate a replica of a real person's voice or likeness without consent
- If offering AI voice generation tools commercially, review ELVIS Act compliance
- AI-generated voice content for advertising using recognizable voices requires consent