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0 pointsqarl2y ago0 comments

> As far as I can tell, Johansson’s complaint is that when OpenAI reached out to her for voice acting and she turned them down, that they instead got a Scarlett Johansson type

Agreed, and according to Midler v. Ford that is not permitted:

"We hold only that when a distinctive voice of a professional singer is widely known and is deliberately imitated in order to sell a product, the sellers have appropriated what is not theirs and have committed a tort in California."

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philwelch2y ago· 2 in thread

I’ve never seen that standard applied to acting. Particularly voice acting. Midler v. Ford was a dispute between a singer and a company that used a sound-alike singer, singing a cover of a Bette Midler song in a commercial, to falsely imply a sponsorship that didn’t exist. Totally different case.

qarlOP2y ago

You've never seen it, huh? Google is super easy to use.

Here, have a look:

https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_rights

https://higgslaw.com/celebrities-sue-over-unauthorized-use-o...

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/the-right-publicity....

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law...

philwelch2y ago

There’s a difference between impersonating someone with the explicit intention of falsely giving the impression they are involved in a project which they are not, and simply hiring an actor (or a voice actor) who can give a performance that’s similar or reminiscent of another.

> You've never seen it, huh? Google is super easy to use.

Please stop acting like an asshole.

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