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> It's probably not fine to hire a voice actor and tell them to imitate someone else. Pretty sure this is fine, otherwise cartoons like the simpsons or south p
by beeboobaa3 2y ago
> It's probably not fine to hire a voice actor and tell them to imitate someone else.
Pretty sure this is fine, otherwise cartoons like the simpsons or south park would've gotten in trouble years ago.
- kevingadd 2y agoThere's a distinction between parody and impersonation, yes.
- codemac 2y agoThis is specifically covered in cases like Midler v. Ford, and legally it matters what the use is for. If it's for parody/etc it's completely different from attempting to impersonate and convince customers it is someone else.
- tim333 2y agoMidler v. Ford is a bit different from CahtGPT in that it was about a direct copy of a Midler song for a car ad, not just a voice sounding similar saying different stuff. You can hear them here: Midler version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFVhL0jbutU&t=22s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFVhL0jbutU&t=22s Car ad https://youtu.be/hxShNrpdVRs https://youtu.be/hxShNrpdVRs
- QuantumGood 2y agoOne of male voice actor contractors impersonated Julia Childs for a commercial years ago, writing was in a parodying style. She sued and won.
- qarl 2y agoParody is a protected fair use case. You can make a Saturday Night Live sketch making fun of Darth Vader. You cannot use a Darth Vader imitator to sell light sabers.
- onemoresoop 2y agoExactly, parody isn't a commercial product.
- beeboobaa3 2y agoSure, you can't sell light sabers. Can't you use a Darth Vader voice impersonator to sell vacuums? What about a voice that sounds like generic background actor 12?
- qarl 2y agoYou seem to be conveniently ignoring the fact that OpenAI is selling conversational AIs.