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"You can't sue someone for mimicking someone else's voice well enough to be confused for the mimicked creator's voice." Absolutely not true. It's called "appro
by ShadowBanThis01 4y ago
"You can't sue someone for mimicking someone else's voice well enough to be confused for the mimicked creator's voice."
Absolutely not true. It's called "appropriation of likeness." If the representation is reasonably likely to be confused with or linked to the famous person, that person can sue.
One case I found funny was that of a porta-potty company called Here's Johnny. Johnny Carson successful sued them: https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/casebrief/p/casebrief-carson-v-here-s-johnny-portable-toilets-inc https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/casebrief/p/casebrief-c...
- theGnuMe 4y agoSo what about all these Beatles tribute bands man ...
- ShadowBanThis01 4y agoThey pay royalties.
- harshreality 4y agoThat's for [commercial] use of a specific slogan related to his name. Even without using a name, mimicking short phrases like, "Let's get ready to rumble!" or Bruce Buffer's "It's Time!" can run into intellectual property problems. But those are specific, highly-recognizable catch phrases, not similar to the issue with this AI-generated song. Someone else in this thread tried to provide a case on point, but it doesn't seem to be, either. Has anyone been successfully sued for mimicking someone else's voice and singing an original song? Has anyone been successfully sued for mimicking someone else's appearance, and parading around and taking advantage of that likeness, without falsely claiming (in seriousness) to be the mimicked person (which might be fraud or something)?
- ShadowBanThis01 4y agoYes, which is why I added “linked to.” If there’s any commercial purpose to the imitation, the imitated person stands a chance to successfully sue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co.