Comment by tim333
2 years ago
Midler v. Ford is a bit different from CahtGPT in that it was about a direct copy of a Midler song for a car ad, not just a voice sounding similar saying different stuff.
You can hear them here:
Midler version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFVhL0jbutU&t=22s
Car ad https://youtu.be/hxShNrpdVRs
One of male voice actor contractors impersonated Julia Childs for a commercial years ago, writing was in a parodying style. She sued and won.