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Re:OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson's Voice by monocasa on Thursday May 23, 2024 @10:46AM (#40455403)
Likeness rights are a real thing, and it's not out there to have infringed on them by going to a famous person to use their likeness, getting denied, then using another actor telling them to copy the first actor's likeness.

This is why all Hollywood contracts have actors signing over their likeness in perpetuity now; which was one of the major sticking points of the recent strikes.

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Re:OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson's Voice by sib on Thursday May 23, 2024 @11:07AM (#40455653)
>> "then using another actor telling them to copy the first actor's likeness"

Assumes facts not in evidence

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Re:OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson's Voice by qingcharles on Thursday May 23, 2024 @11:54AM (#40456294)
And in fact clearly rebutted by the evidence that the actor says they never told her to copy anyone or ever mentioned Johansson or Her.
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Re:OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson's Voice by monocasa on Thursday May 23, 2024 @12:13PM (#40456551)
At a base minimum, the would have given her direction to sound the way she does. Voice actors have lots of range, and that range would have been on her demo reel.
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Re:OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson's Voice by qingcharles on Saturday May 25, 2024 @03:05AM (#40473182)
Agreed. I was married to a voiceover actress. Their range can be quite large :)
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Re:OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson's Voice by FireBeyond on Thursday May 23, 2024 @02:17PM (#40458008)
The anonymous actor, as reported by the anonymous agent, "fearing for her safety".
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Re:OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson's Voice by gs17 on Thursday May 23, 2024 @02:37PM (#40458207)
It even assumes the opposite, since they asked SJ after recording the original voice.
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