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> They couldn't get Johansson so they set out to find something similar and found it. > So what? You can't just do that though. There's at least two cases of
by BXlnt2EachOther 2y ago
> They couldn't get Johansson so they set out to find something similar and found it.
> So what?
You can't just do that though. There's at least two cases of legal precedent where companies had to pay out millions to artists, though musicians in these cases, for soundalikes after they couldn't negotiate originals.
Midler v. Ford Motor Co, 1988 (won on appeal)
Waits v. Frito-Lay, 1992 (won and won appeal)
I won't comment further since I'm certainly not a legal expert and this is going to be settled by the parties or will be determined by a court. I mostly wanted to mention "Tom Waits sued Doritos"