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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by rockemsockem on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:11PM (#40422333)
It's almost certainly not legal exactly because of the surrounding context of openai trying to hire her along with the "her" tweet.

There's not a lot of precedent around voice impersonation, but there is for a very, very similar case against Ford

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co.

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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by signal11 on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:14PM (#40422361)
Amazing case law, thank you! I suspect OpenAI have just realised this, hence the walking back of the “Sky” voice.
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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by meat_machine on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @05:06AM (#40425863)
I am not a lawyer, but other potentially relevant cases:

https://www.quimbee.com/cases/waits-v-frito-lay-inc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_v._Samsung_Electronics_A....

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