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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by gcr on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:24PM (#40422450)
That’s a weaksauce argument IMO. The character was played by SJ. Depictions of this character necessarily have to be depictions of the voice actress.

Your argument may be stronger if OpenAI said something like “the movie studio owns the rights to this character’s likeness, so we approached them,” but it’s not clear they attempted that.

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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by moralestapia on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:46PM (#40422682)
They didn't approach her, they approached her agent, which should've the point of contact for either case.

As to whether she owns the rights of that performance or somebody else, we'd have to read the contract; most likely she doesn't, though.

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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by mrbungie on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @02:11AM (#40424725)
Probably anyone but her inner circle can "approach her" directly. I would expect any other kind of connection to be made through her agent.
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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by chipweinberger on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @01:30AM (#40437635)
The character has a very distinct tonality. particularly the inflections and word emphasis.
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