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Re:Sam Altman Is Showing Us Who He Really Is by bobthepanda on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @07:11PM (#40435274)
No, it is. Waits v. Frito Lay was a successful lawsuit where Tom Waits sued Frito Lay for using an impression of his voice in a radio commercial. https://casetext.com/case/waits-v-frito-lay-inc

See also Midler v. Ford Motor Co. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co.

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Re:Sam Altman Is Showing Us Who He Really Is by michaelmrose on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @07:16PM (#40435346)
Correct me if I'm wrong that had nothing to do with copyright and fair use is moot
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Re:Sam Altman Is Showing Us Who He Really Is by bobthepanda on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @08:38PM (#40436066)
In California, personality rights have the same protections. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Celebrities_Rights_...
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Re:Sam Altman Is Showing Us Who He Really Is by CRConrad on Thursday May 23, 2024 @09:16AM (#40454311)
> In California, personality rights have the same protections.

Makes sense if you read "California" as "Hollywood", which has movie stars where the rest of the world has intellectual property.

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