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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by barbariangrunge on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @01:24AM (#40424479)
Everyone is so mad about them stealing a beloved celebrity’s voice. What about the millions of authors and other creators whose copyrighted works they stole to create works that resemble and replace those people? Not famous enough to generate the same outrage?
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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by creato on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @03:26AM (#40425181)
I think the unique thing about this case is not specifically the "voice theft", but that OpenAI specifically asked for permission and were denied, which eliminates most of the usual plausible deniability that gets trotted out in these cases.
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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by Lia_the_nun on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @03:45PM (#40432943)
Is it really better to take something without asking than to ask and then take it anyway if denied?

In my mind these are close to being equally shitty, but not asking is a shittier because the victim won't necessarily know they've been exploited, which limits the actions they will be able to take to rectify matters.

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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by surfingdino on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @02:43AM (#40424924)
Welcome to the world where the "fuck the creatives" brigade wants everything for free.
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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by consf on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @09:44AM (#40428422)
A mentality that devalues creative work
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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by QuantumGood on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @05:12PM (#40434017)
Lots of posts about that. This is new ("news") and celebrity, so it's getting traction at the moment.
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