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  • Denmark's deepfake bill would make whoever posts a voice clone prove they had consent

    Denmark's culture minister tabled bill L 49 on 8 Oct 2026. It would bar sharing realistic digital imitations of a person's voice, face or other features, or of a performer's performance, without consent, from 1 Jan 2027. It is not law yet. The detail that matters most for singers is in the explanatory notes: the person who publishes the imitation has to prove consent.

    Artist rightsvia Folketingstidende (Danish Parliament)

  • One senator stopped the NO FAKES Act. Here's what artists lose while it waits

    Ted Cruz objected when Marsha Blackburn asked the Senate to pass the NO FAKES Act by unanimous consent on 30 Sep, so the first federal right over your own voice and likeness now waits for a short post-election session. Until then, a cloned singer's options depend on which state they live in.

    Artist rightsvia Congress.gov

  • Canada backs off making Spotify pay for Canadian music, and the money has stopped

    Ottawa has told the Federal Court of Appeal it plans to scrap the rule that large foreign streamers pay 5% of their Canadian revenue into Canadian content funds, and replace it with government money. The 31 August payment date came and went with no new transfers. For music, that means FACTOR, Musicaction and the funds behind early-career artists swap a levy that grew with streaming for a budget line that can be cut.

    Industryvia Department of Justice Canada (via Cartt.ca)

  • FKA twigs built a digital twin of herself, then told the Senate artists must control it

    At a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the draft NO FAKES Act on 30 April 2024, FKA twigs said she had spent a year building an AI version of herself that speaks in her voice, and argued the line between a useful tool and a theft is whether the artist controls it. Her label's CEO, sitting beside her, argued the new right should be transferable. That tension is the real story.

    Artist rightsvia Tech Policy Press

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