• Rolando@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    OpenAI should have given some money to the people who own the movie “Her”. Then they could have claimed they were just mimicking the character.

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      7 months ago

      It doesn’t work like that. It will soon if Disney has their way, with actors selling away their likeness rights for perpetuity with their contracts.

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        7 months ago

        What do you think the actor’s strike was about? And what do you think one of the key agreements the actors wrung out of the studios was? They were not about to allow their likenesses to be sold for all of eternity for pennies on the dollar.