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Legally they don’t need to have literally used her voice to have broken the law, never mind violating many people’s basic sense of what’s right and wrong.

• andrewflnr 2y ago
  They don't? Because if it's true that they used a sound-alike voice actress for the actual model, I don't see how any reasonable complaint about that could stand. You can't ban people from voice-acting who have similar voices to other celebrities. There needs to be something more to it.
  • pseudalopex 2y ago
    The something more is intent.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co.
  • CaptainZapp 2y ago
    > You can't ban people from voice-acting who have similar voices to other celebrities Actually, you probably can.[0] [0] https://casetext.com/case/waits-v-frito-lay-inc https://casetext.com/case/waits-v-frito-lay-inc Edit: Added the context for the reply
    • andrewflnr 2y ago
      Well that's... concerning? I'm not sure I disagree with the decision there but to apply it any more widely would be a problem.
      • llamaimperative 2y ago
        It's such a huge problem that it's only brought up in the context of someone (probably) doing exactly what it's designed to prevent... By some miracle, this actually isn't used to outlaw satire or put Elvis impersonators out of work. It's used to prevent people from implying endorsement where none exists.
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