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    The VPPA in the Digital Age: Salazar v. Paramount Global and the Fight Over Consumer Privacy

    March 18, 2026By Amanda Alfonso

    The Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) was enacted in 1988, in an era of Blockbusters and video home system tapes.[i]  Just a few months prior to its enactment, Judge Robert Bork was under consideration for the United States Supreme Court.[ii]   During his nomination hearings, a local D.C. video store disclosed a list of Judge Bork’s […]

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    Who Owns Your Voice? Trademark’s Expansion into Identity Protection

    February 12, 2026By Victoria Reyes

      Actor Matthew McConaughey (“McConaughey”) recently sought an inventive shield against artificial intelligence (“AI”) impersonators: he registered trademarks on recordings of his own voice, including his iconic phrase, “alright, alright, alright.”[i] This move made headlines not for its legal precision but for what it revealed: a glaring gap in the law.[ii] As AI makes it […]

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