Anyone can paint an image in the style of van Gogh. But if you then try create perception that it's an original van Gogh, you are guilty of forgery. The same g

Anyone can paint an image in the style of van Gogh. But if you then try create perception that it's an original van Gogh, you are guilty of forgery. The same goes for a signature. Anyone can write the name of someone like Elon Musk in a way that resembles his signature. But if you write it in the signature field of a contract, for instance, then it is also forgery. One can discuss whether people should be free to create deepfake audio and/or video of other people, including politicians and celebrities. But if you do so for the purpose of benefitting by people falsely identifying the deepfake/voice clone as coming from the real person, it should also be handled as a forgery, just as a piece of art or a signature.