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California AB 2602 and AB 1836 — digital replica laws

California's 2024 digital-replica laws protect performers from open-ended AI likeness clauses and require estate consent for AI recreations of deceased artists, extending the SAG-AFTRA contract protections into statute.

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  • Contract clauses allowing digital replicas of a performer are unenforceable unless the uses are specifically described and the performer had legal or union representation - Commercial use of a digital replica of a deceased personality's voice or likeness requires estate consent

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