The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held a hearing Tuesday titled "A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40." The session reviewed how intellectual property law has changed over the internet's first four decades and where enforcement gaps remain.
Witnesses and subcommittee members urged Congress to pursue two specific measures. One would create a site-blocking mechanism to restrict access to foreign pirate websites. The other is the NO FAKES Act, which would establish a federal right to control digital replicas of a person's voice or likeness.
The hearing signals that site blocking and anti-deepfake protections are likely to remain priorities for the subcommittee as it continues its review of IP and the internet.