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Bette Midler and Tom Waits didn't control their songs when they sued the companies.
by pseudalopex 2y ago
Bette Midler and Tom Waits didn't control their songs when they sued the companies.
- hooloovoo_zoo 2y agoBut it makes it more likely that the listener will associate the commercial with the artist than just using the voice.
- deprecative 2y agoTrue to an extent. I'd argue that celebrity of a certain level would make one's voice recognizable and thus confusion can happen.
- pseudalopex 2y agoThe Midler v. Ford decision said her voice was distinctive. Not the song. OpenAI didn't just use a voice like Scarlett Johansson's. They used it in an AI system they wanted people to associate with AI from movies and the movie where Johansson played an AI particularly.[1][2] [1] https://blog.samaltman.com/gpt-4o https://blog.samaltman.com/gpt-4o [2] https://x.com/sama/status/1790075827666796666 https://x.com/sama/status/1790075827666796666