Tennessee's ELVIS Act Sets the First State Template for AI Voice Protection

The artists the ELVIS Act was written to protect — Jorja Smith, whose voice was cloned without authorization ^[2], and the folk singer caught between AI impersonation and erroneous copyright takedowns ^[1] — cannot use it. The law's July 1, 2024 effective date is not a technicality; it is a structural limit that leaves the first wave of documented AI voice abuse in a legal gap. What the law accomplishes is forward-looking: it gives future claimants a named right and a defined remedy, rather than forcing them to retrofit a…