Elvis Presley Enterprises, represented by Adams & Reese law firm, has filed a lawsuit against Suno, the music generator company, that leads with an alleged violation of Tennessee’s ELVIS Act and right of publicity, along with the more typical copyright claims (direct, DMCA anti-circumvention, and DMCA CMI removal).
Here is the relevant text of the ELVIS Act, Section 47-25-1105(a)(1): “Any person who knowingly uses or infringes upon the use of an individual’s name, photograph, voice, or likeness in any medium, in any manner directed to any person other than such individual, for purposes of advertising products, merchandise, goods, or services, or for purposes of fundraising, solicitation of donations, purchases of products, merchandise, goods, or services, without such individual’s prior consent, or, in the case of a minor, the prior consent of such minor’s parent or legal guardian, or in the case of a deceased individual, the consent of the executor or administrator, heirs, or devisees of such deceased individual, is liable to a civil action.”
Excerpt from Complaint, ELVIS Act claim:
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