Claims under US state likeness laws poised to increase in AI music suits
By Nick Robertson ( November 12, 2026, 21:22 GMT | Comment) -- The company that manages Elvis Presley's likeness rights and rightsholders of hundreds of his songs invoked Tennessee’s ELVIS Act in a copyright infringement complaint against AI company Suno in California federal court last week, in what could pave the way for a new trend of state likeness law claims in AI music suits, a Fox Rothschild attorney tells MLex.State digital likeness claims could be the next trend in suits brought by musicians and celebrities against AI companies, an attorney tells MLex. Rightsholders of Elvis Presley's music and likeness brought claims under Tennessee’s ELVIS Act alongside copyright infringement claims in a suit against AI music company Suno in the Northern District of California last week....
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