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Actors can trademark their likeness and defamation is already a thing. If you try to sell art or photography of other people there is already settled law relati
by paulryanrogers 3y ago
Actors can trademark their likeness and defamation is already a thing. If you try to sell art or photography of other people there is already settled law relating to that as well.
AI just makes these disputes more common as the barrier to creating unauthorized works is lowered.
- Manuel_D 3y agoThis is an oversimplification. You absolutely can make and sell art depicting other people. Photographs in public, even if people are identifiable and don't consent to being photographed, can be sold [1]. Likewise, paintings depicting real people can be sold, even if the depict people in less than flattering scenarios, for example [2]. Defamation is a non-issue if people are transparent that it's a fictional work. Protections on one's image are actually quite narrow, mostly limited to advertisements and non-consensual photographs taken in private. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nussenzweig_v._DiCorcia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nussenzweig_v._DiCorcia 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forgotten_Man_(painting) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forgotten_Man_(painting)