Senators Coons, Blackburn, Members of Congress, and Industry Leaders Celebrate Reintroduction of NO FAKES Act
April 9, 2025/
A news conference was held today to reintroduce the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act. U.S. Senator Chris Coons along with Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee introduced the NO FAKES Act last year as a means to protect the voices and visual likenesses of creators and individuals from the proliferation of digital replicas created witho
He started by thanking Senator Blackburn as well as Senators Tillis and Klobuchar–the original cosponsors in the Senate. Senator Coons acknowledged that the collaboration of House members of both parties is helping this bill move forward.
At around 12:30 p.m. today, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (of Delaware) and Marsha Blackburn (Republican from Tennessee) held a news conference to celebrate the reintroduction of the NO FAKES Act, aimed at protecting individuals’ voices and visual likenesses from unauthorized digital replicas. Senator Coons says that as an example of the legislative process working for all Americans, he suggests this bill–and adds the following…
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The event featured support from House co-sponsors, recording artist Randy Travis, actor and SAG President Fran Drescher, and representatives from the Recording Industry Association of America, Motion Picture Association, YouTube, and the Recording Academy.
Senator Blackburn talked about the benefits as well as the concerns with the use of AI.
Senator Blackburn adds that creators have constitutional protection on what they create, and that the FAKES Act would cement that. She explains that the bill would give the artist the ability to fight back if someone takes their name, image, likeness, or sound.