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1. panark+m1[view] [source] 2024-05-21 22:37:32
>>panark+(OP)
Altman would have us believe it's all just an innocent misunderstanding but without actually saying so:

"We cast the voice actor behind Sky’s voice before any outreach to Ms. Johansson."

Is he trying to suggest the company did not try to make the voice sound like her without her permission?

The statement sounds like it's written by a lawyer to be technically true while implying something that is actually false.

These are weasel words.

He sounds sneaky, evasive and intentionally deceptive.

We should not give a sneaky, deceptive and manipulative person this much power over our future.

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2. miohta+Y1[view] [source] 2024-05-21 22:41:05
>>panark+m1
There are hundreds of people with similar voices. If any voice actor can pull the same accent than Ms. Johansson, it should be fair game, as long it was the original training material? Voices cannot be copyrighted or be exclusive, although I am sure Hollywood will try to copyright them in some point.
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3. afavou+z3[view] [source] 2024-05-21 22:49:43
>>miohta+Y1
He kind of ruined that argument when he tweeted “Her” alongside the video. Pretty clearly drawing a line between the voice and Johansson’s portrayal in the movie.

Incredible, really. It would have been so easy to just… not do that.

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4. andrew+E4[view] [source] 2024-05-21 22:54:13
>>afavou+z3
That makes it weird, but it doesn't (itself) mean they literally used her voice. It just means they were inspired by the movie. It's not illegal to be weird.
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5. llamai+ve[view] [source] 2024-05-21 23:50:23
>>andrew+E4
Legally they don’t need to have literally used her voice to have broken the law, never mind violating many people’s basic sense of what’s right and wrong.
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6. andrew+yr[view] [source] 2024-05-22 01:45:10
>>llamai+ve
They don't? Because if it's true that they used a sound-alike voice actress for the actual model, I don't see how any reasonable complaint about that could stand. You can't ban people from voice-acting who have similar voices to other celebrities. There needs to be something more to it.
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7. Captai+NX[view] [source] 2024-05-22 08:07:55
>>andrew+yr
> You can't ban people from voice-acting who have similar voices to other celebrities

Actually, you probably can.[0]

[0] https://casetext.com/case/waits-v-frito-lay-inc

Edit: Added the context for the reply

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8. andrew+FD1[view] [source] 2024-05-22 13:59:50
>>Captai+NX
Well that's... concerning? I'm not sure I disagree with the decision there but to apply it any more widely would be a problem.
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