The recently introduced NO FAKES Act aims to establish an intellectual property right over an individual’s voice or visual likeness, giving individuals a property right over the creation and distribution of digital replicas. However, this proposed legislation faces significant constitutional challenges.  In a recent white paper, Re:Create detailed constitutional concerns with the NO FAKES Act and urges lawmakers to reject…

Understanding our nation’s copyright law is important, but also complex. Re:Create’s glossary of key copyright terms is a resource to help promote informed discussions about copyright policy.  Public Domain: The public domain is the treasure trove of material that is free for all to copy, share, and reuse for any lawful purpose. It includes not only creative works that are…

Washington, D.C. — Today, Re:Create issued the following statement urging congressional leaders to oppose the NO FAKES Act prior to its introduction. “The NO FAKES Act would create more problems for creativity and society than it solves. The bill creates an unprecedented new federal intellectual property scheme that shrinks the public domain, undermines Section 230, endangers consumer privacy and threatens free…

Understanding our nation’s copyright law is important, but also complex. Re:Create’s glossary of key copyright terms is a resource to help promote informed discussions about copyright policy.  Originality: Copyright only protects original works of expression, not facts, ideas, or discoveries. Any work or aspect of a work that is not original to the author – a fact they discover in…