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Comment by tptacek

2 years ago

That is false. Read the appellate decision for Midler v. Ford. Remember that's a case where the first court to hear it said "lol no".

You should read it yourself, and the Watts case, and any other impersonator case.

You can use impersonators for parody, but not for selling products.

  • They didn't use an impersonator.

    • > "Hey, this sounds just like the actress in 'Her', great, let's use them"

      You agree that OpenAI is choosing the voice because it sounds like SJ. How exactly is that different from impersonation?

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