Start with the problem you are trying to solve, explore a legal Resource Center, or browse the Harrison Legal Group article archive. This Knowledge Base organizes media-law information around the situations creators, broadcasters, publishers, and digital businesses actually face.
Resource Centers
Copyright & Fair Use
Fair use, infringement, clips, reaction content, licensing, demand letters, and unauthorized use.
AI & Digital Rights
Deepfakes, cloned voices, synthetic media, platforms, algorithms, Section 230, identity and AI-generated content.
Broadcaster Rights
Soundbites, editing, podcast and radio risk, clips, AI audio, platform distribution, and publishing liability.
Defamation & Reputation
False statements, publication risk, verification, editing, AI hallucinations, deepfakes, and reputation disputes.
Creator Protection
Unauthorized image use, licensing, client usage, fair use, commercial use, and protecting creative work.
Trademark Protection
Brand selection, clearance, applications, USPTO problems, licensing, cease-and-desist claims, and enforcement.
Start With Your Situation
Someone Cloned My Voice or Likeness With AI
A synthetic voice, image, video, endorsement, or performance is using your identity without your participation or permission.
My Content or Archive Is Being Used to Train AI
Your books, broadcasts, podcasts, photographs, articles, recordings, or other creative work may have become AI training material.
Someone Used My Content
Your photo, video, recording, writing, or other creative work is being used without permission.
I Received a Copyright Demand Letter
Someone claims your content infringes copyright and is demanding money, removal, or another response.
Can I Trademark This Name?
You are choosing or using a business, show, podcast, product, service, or brand name and want to know whether protection makes sense.
I Received a Trademark Cease-and-Desist
Someone says your name, logo, product, or marketing infringes their mark or creates consumer confusion.
Can I Use This Clip?
You want to use someone else’s media and need to understand fair use and licensing risk before publishing.
Reaction Videos & Commentary
You are building criticism, commentary, or reaction content around someone else’s work.
I’m Publishing Something Risky
An edit, allegation, clip, synthetic work, or other publication raises legal concerns before it goes live.
Someone Published Something False About Me
An article, broadcast, podcast, post, review, video, AI output, or other publication contains a damaging factual claim about you or your business.
Someone Is Using or Attacking My Brand
A competitor, impersonator, former partner, domain registrant, or social account is using confusing branding or creating a false connection.
Someone Is Threatening Legal Action
You received a demand, threat, or legal claim and need to understand what it actually means.
I Need a Contract Reviewed
A production, talent, licensing, employment, distribution, or other agreement needs review before you sign.
Browse the Article Archive
The article archive preserves Harrison Legal Group’s legal analysis, case discussions, commentary, and media-law writing in chronological form.
Frequently Explored Questions
How much copyrighted material can I use?
There is no universal number of seconds, words, or percentage that automatically qualifies as fair use. Start with the Copyright & Fair Use Resource Center.
What if someone used my work without permission?
Preserve evidence, confirm ownership and licensing history, and evaluate the context before choosing an enforcement strategy. See Someone Used My Content.
What if someone cloned my voice or likeness with AI?
Preserve the synthetic content and evaluate how your identity is being used, whether the use is commercial, what contracts may apply, and whether the material creates false attribution or endorsement. See Someone Cloned My Voice or Likeness With AI.
What if my work is being used to train AI?
Ownership, licensing history, how the material was acquired, the purpose of training, resulting outputs, and market effects can all matter. See My Content or Archive Is Being Used to Train AI.
Can I trademark a business, show, podcast, or product name?
Possibly. Distinctiveness, earlier uses and registrations, the relevant goods and services, and how the mark is used all matter. Start with the Trademark Protection Resource Center or Can I Trademark This Name?.
What legal problems can AI-generated media create?
Depending on the use, AI can implicate copyright, publicity, defamation, trademark, privacy, contract, consumer-protection, and platform issues. Visit the AI & Digital Rights Resource Center.
Can editing a broadcast or interview create liability?
Yes. Editing can alter context or implication even when the underlying words were actually spoken. Visit the Broadcaster Rights Resource Center.
What can I do if someone publishes something false about me?
Preserve the publication and surrounding evidence before responding. Whether a statement is actionable can depend on falsity, fact versus opinion, identification, publication, fault, damages, and other circumstances. Start with the Defamation & Reputation Resource Center or Someone Published Something False About Me.
Check the Use Before You Publish.
The Use Check turns a planned clip, quotation, image, repost, or potentially damaging claim into a focused preliminary fair-use or defamation risk assessment.
Not Sure Where Your Problem Fits?
You do not need to diagnose the legal category before asking for help. Describe what happened and Harrison Legal Group can determine which issues matter.