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The crime here is called libel, and the victim is the person being faked, who could sue to recover damages caused by a loss of reputation.

Nasrudith 6y ago
That assumes it is being presented as real - deepfake porn of popular actresses is basically more about fulfilling the demand for lusty imaginations than "look <<actress>> is a slut!".
- kadoban 6y ago
  I'd imagine some kind of case could be made based on misusing their likeness that this still isn't allowed, for the same reason you're not allowed to use just random photos of a celebrity to advertise your products for instance. I'm way not a lawyer though.
sirmoveon 6y ago
Would it be a legal problem if they were to use different names or close enough but different names? I wonder because the real interest here is the physical appereance being the same or similar to the person, and I'm not aware of trademarks with human appereance. Technology disrupting societal beliefs system. Love it.
abstractbarista 6y ago
Since libel is "a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation", what if the videos were titled appropriately, clearly indicating it is not actually the celebrity in the video. Instead of "<Celebrity Name> <Sex Act>", it could be titled "DeepFake Rendering of <Celebrity Name> <Sex Act>". While videos could still damage the reputation of someone (only in the eyes of those who disapprove of porn), there is clearly no "false statement" being made.
- Razengan 6y ago
  What if someone made a deepfake of you for a scat fetish site?
- pvaldes 6y ago
  This is not about false statements. Is about lotta money. The body, image and look of famous people is their brand. Is why actress are generously paid to sell parfums, anti-age potions and lipstick and is the reason why lots of families take their children to cinema. Linking this image to porn (or racism, or anything nasty) in the previous week to a expensive film's premiere can damage seriously their investment and turn an innocent people into poison for box office In the same way, a deep fake porn of a candidate can destroy the lucrative source of business that represents being elected or not. My bet is that would soon be detected as a major treat for a lot of huge companies and will be crushed, nuked and drown in a lawyers tide before 24h from the release.
gamblor956 6y ago
Libel is a tort, not a crime (in the US, but it is a crime in India).

Nasrudith 6y ago

That assumes it is being presented as real - deepfake porn of popular actresses is basically more about fulfilling the demand for lusty imaginations than "look <<actress>> is a slut!".

kadoban 6y ago
I'd imagine some kind of case could be made based on misusing their likeness that this still isn't allowed, for the same reason you're not allowed to use just random photos of a celebrity to advertise your products for instance. I'm way not a lawyer though.

sirmoveon 6y ago

Would it be a legal problem if they were to use different names or close enough but different names? I wonder because the real interest here is the physical appereance being the same or similar to the person, and I'm not aware of trademarks with human appereance. Technology disrupting societal beliefs system. Love it.

abstractbarista 6y ago

Since libel is "a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation", what if the videos were titled appropriately, clearly indicating it is not actually the celebrity in the video. Instead of "<Celebrity Name> <Sex Act>", it could be titled "DeepFake Rendering of <Celebrity Name> <Sex Act>". While videos could still damage the reputation of someone (only in the eyes of those who disapprove of porn), there is clearly no "false statement" being made.

Razengan 6y ago
What if someone made a deepfake of you for a scat fetish site?
pvaldes 6y ago
This is not about false statements. Is about lotta money. The body, image and look of famous people is their brand. Is why actress are generously paid to sell parfums, anti-age potions and lipstick and is the reason why lots of families take their children to cinema. Linking this image to porn (or racism, or anything nasty) in the previous week to a expensive film's premiere can damage seriously their investment and turn an innocent people into poison for box office In the same way, a deep fake porn of a candidate can destroy the lucrative source of business that represents being elected or not. My bet is that would soon be detected as a major treat for a lot of huge companies and will be crushed, nuked and drown in a lawyers tide before 24h from the release.

gamblor956 6y ago

Libel is a tort, not a crime (in the US, but it is a crime in India).