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Given the Attenborough Lore channel for Warhammer received a cease and desist, you can bet that his legal team will be busy suing the shit out of people like th

Given the Attenborough Lore channel for Warhammer received a cease and desist, you can bet that his legal team will be busy suing the shit out of people like this.

hyggetrold 3y ago
I was so bummed about that. It makes sense of course but those videos were really fun.
- DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
  Was it noncommercial and done in the spirit of satire (surrealism?) - in which case surely they'd get a pass - but I guess they just didn't want to go bankrupt trying to defend themselves? It's a shame then - when you compare it to the situation between the nerdcore gangsta-rapper alter-ego of Stephen Hawking: MC Hawking; who was created without authorization by Dr. Hawking, and sold real physical CDs for a profit (and I own one!), but who ultimately received an endorsement from the late physicist who took it all in good humour - and arguably Stephen Hawking is a bigger public figure than David Attenborough. ...if it really does comes down to just the personal approval by the subject themselves (and not their legal/marketing/legal teams acting without them even being aware) then I'm concerned what it means for artistic liberty vs public figures.
  - kadomony 3y ago
    I don't believe it was intended to be satirical. The depth of worldbuilding and lore in Warhammer affords an immense opportunity for Games Workshop to actually do some kind of series like what was created with Attenborough's likeness. His voice is his main source of income for his estate nowadays, so it makes sense he doesn't want it replicated, especially without any permission being granted.
    - throwaway4aday 3y ago
      Too bad they'd never do that and would probably do a worse job if they did. There should be carve outs for fans to make things that bloated corporations will never have the ingenuity to come up with or the balls to carry out.
- kadomony 3y ago
  Same. When I logged into YouTube and saw "Scholar's Lore", my heart sunk and I immediately knew what had come to pass. Attenborough is fiercely protective of his voice.
russellbeattie 3y ago
That was such a great channel. The voice was paired with pitch perfect writing as well. The script had exactly the sort of flow that an Attenborough BBC program would have, plus it was actually really informative. He really should re-dub the entire series with a unique AI generated voice and repost. They wouldn't be as good, but still pretty close.
- kadomony 3y ago
  He is doing exactly that! It's not as unique as Attenborough's voice, but it's nice to see every video being reuploaded slowly. He's even taken feedback from the previous videos into consideration to "remaster" them.

Given the Attenborough Lore channel for Warhammer received a cease and desist, you can bet that his legal team will be busy suing the shit out of people like this.

hyggetrold 3y ago

I was so bummed about that. It makes sense of course but those videos were really fun.

DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
Was it noncommercial and done in the spirit of satire (surrealism?) - in which case surely they'd get a pass - but I guess they just didn't want to go bankrupt trying to defend themselves? It's a shame then - when you compare it to the situation between the nerdcore gangsta-rapper alter-ego of Stephen Hawking: MC Hawking; who was created without authorization by Dr. Hawking, and sold real physical CDs for a profit (and I own one!), but who ultimately received an endorsement from the late physicist who took it all in good humour - and arguably Stephen Hawking is a bigger public figure than David Attenborough. ...if it really does comes down to just the personal approval by the subject themselves (and not their legal/marketing/legal teams acting without them even being aware) then I'm concerned what it means for artistic liberty vs public figures.
- kadomony 3y ago
  I don't believe it was intended to be satirical. The depth of worldbuilding and lore in Warhammer affords an immense opportunity for Games Workshop to actually do some kind of series like what was created with Attenborough's likeness. His voice is his main source of income for his estate nowadays, so it makes sense he doesn't want it replicated, especially without any permission being granted.
  - throwaway4aday 3y ago
    Too bad they'd never do that and would probably do a worse job if they did. There should be carve outs for fans to make things that bloated corporations will never have the ingenuity to come up with or the balls to carry out.
kadomony 3y ago
Same. When I logged into YouTube and saw "Scholar's Lore", my heart sunk and I immediately knew what had come to pass. Attenborough is fiercely protective of his voice.

russellbeattie 3y ago

That was such a great channel. The voice was paired with pitch perfect writing as well. The script had exactly the sort of flow that an Attenborough BBC program would have, plus it was actually really informative. He really should re-dub the entire series with a unique AI generated voice and repost. They wouldn't be as good, but still pretty close.

kadomony 3y ago
He is doing exactly that! It's not as unique as Attenborough's voice, but it's nice to see every video being reuploaded slowly. He's even taken feedback from the previous videos into consideration to "remaster" them.