> an actor where the studio wants to use an AI-generated likeness in place of paying them Likeness rights are separate and cover this pretty well I think. Ther

> an actor where the studio wants to use an AI-generated likeness in place of paying them Likeness rights are separate and cover this pretty well I think. There's not legal precedent yet over AI specifically but Waits v Frito Lay and Crispin Glover's back to the future 2 lawsuit lay a groundwork. Disney recently bought the rights to digitally recreate James Earl Jones' Darth Vader voice using AI. I think Disney's army of copyright lawyers probably they're likely to need that, even though they own the Darth Vader character and have had others perform it, without (afaik) paying him anything.