New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08611

Introduced
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  

Caption

Clarifies the right of publicity including the definitions of who and what qualifies as a digital replica; provides guidance as to digital replicas that do not violate an individual or deceased individual's right to publicity; expands the statute of limitations for an action brought for violating an individual's right to publicity.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

NY S08391

Relates to the right of publicity; amends the definitions of "deceased performer", "deceased personality" and "digital replica" in relation to the right of publicity; relates to the use of a deceased performer's digital replica without authorization by the applicable right holder.

NY A08882

Relates to the right of publicity; amends the definitions of "deceased performer", "deceased personality" and "digital replica" in relation to the right of publicity; relates to the use of a deceased performer's digital replica without authorization by the applicable right holder.

NY SB1960

Relating to digital replication rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals; providing private causes of action; authorizing a fee.

NY HB3950

Relating to digital replication rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals; providing private causes of action; authorizing a fee.

NY SB2076

Relating To Publicity Rights.

NY HB2607

Relating To Publicity Rights.

NY H1751

Concerning a right of publicity

NY A07295

Expands the right of publicity to seventy years following the death of a deceased personality; makes the provisions of such section granting a right of publicity applicable to all deceased persons until the end of such 70 year period.

NY A08108

Establishes the "Malcom X unsolved civil rights crime act"; requires the assistant attorney of the civil rights bureau to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later than December thirty-first, nineteen seventy-nine, and resulted in a death.

NY A10909

Enacts the "Shirley Myers White Right To Reconciliation and Digital Identity Repair Act"; establishes a right for individuals to have outdated, inaccurate, or incomplete public and digital narratives corrected once a legal matter is resolved; requires institutions to provide mechanisms for context, updates, and correction so that individuals are not permanently penalized by disproven or obsolete information in digital and automated systems.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.