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Reform to the Federal Labor Law and the Federal Copyright Law, AI Voice and Image Consent Regime for Performing Artists

Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Ley Federal del Trabajo y de la Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor en materia de derechos de las personas trabajadoras artistas intérpretes o ejecutantes, Diario Oficial de la Federación, 14 de mayo de 2026 (arts. 305 Bis LFT; 87, 102, 118 fracción VII, 121 LFDA)

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In force 4 months, effective 15 May 2026.

An AI sector rules rule binding private bodies.

As of 7 September 2026.

What it requires

  • Specify in a performing artist's labor contract the conditions and remuneration for any use of their image or voice through AI systems or other technology.
  • Obtain a performing artist's express consent, or that of their representative or rights-holder, before using or publishing their image or voice, including a result generated by an AI system or other technology, and limit that use to the purpose and modality actually agreed and remunerated.
  • Do not use an AI system or other technology to clone or impersonate a performing artist's interpretation, or to simulate their voice identifiably, unless the use is parody, satire, or creative imitation, or does not aim to substitute the performer's own professional work in the market.
  • Obtain a prior written agreement with the performing artist before cloning or impersonating their voice or image using an AI system or other technology within an audiovisual work.

If you get it wrong

Criminal exposureNo

What it reaches

Obligation class

Consent, Contract terms, Prohibition

What it makes you log

What the log must hold

Consent or opt-out state

Logging duty

Article 121 never uses the words log, record, or audit trail, but it conditions any lawful AI cloning or impersonation of a performer's voice or image within an audiovisual work on a prior written agreement between the parties, so a party relying on that agreement to show the use was authorised cannot do so without producing it, which is the implicit shape. Article 87's own express-consent requirement does not itself specify a written form, and none of the cited articles names anyone entitled to demand production of the article 121 agreement; the infraction and fine for a violation of articles 87 or 118, fracción VII, sit at articles 231 and 232 of the same law.

Kind
Implicit
As of
22 September 2026
Provision
Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor, art. 121
Trigger
  • content_generation
  • consent_or_optout

Who checks it

Audit expectation

none

What this law does

Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.

New Article 305 Bis of the Ley Federal del Trabajo requires a performing artist's labor contract to specifically stipulate the conditions and remuneration for using their image or voice through artificial intelligence systems or any other technology.

Reformed Article 87 of the Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor requires a performing artist's express consent, or that of their representative or rights-holder, before their image, including their voice, may be used or published, and expressly extends that protection to results generated by AI systems or other technology; a performer who received specific remuneration for a use is presumed to have consented only to the agreed purpose and modality, and any different use requires new authorisation and remuneration.

The article exempts use where the performer's image forms a minor part of a group, is captured in a public place, or is used for informational or journalistic purposes, and does not treat parody, satire, or creative imitation as a violation, nor a use that is not a cloning or impersonation intended to mislead the public or to substitute the performer's own professional work in the market through AI or another technology.

New Article 118, fracción VII, of the same law gives a performer a right against the impersonation of their interpretations by AI systems or other technology that generates clones of their interpretations or simulates their voice identifiably, subject to the same parody, satire, and non-replacement exceptions.

Article 121 requires a prior written agreement between the parties for any cloning or impersonation of a performer's voice or image using AI or other technology within an audiovisual work, beyond what a production contract ordinarily authorises. Article 231, fracción II, makes contravening Articles 87 or 118, fracción VII, an infraction, and Article 232 fixes the administrative fine for that infraction between 5,000 and 40,000 days of the general minimum wage.

When LexLint raises it

  • generates_content
  • processes_voice

Read the law

Text of the decree amending the Ley Federal del Trabajo and the Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor, Diario Oficial de la Federación

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