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1. XorNot+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-05-21 06:40:37
There is not clear jurisprudence on this. They're only in trouble if they actually used ScarJo's voice samples to train the model, or if they intentionally tried to portray their imitation as her without her permission.

The biggest problem on that front (assuming the former is not true) is Altman's tweets, but court-wise that's defensible (though I retract what I had here previously - probably not easily) as a reference to the general concept of the movie.

Because otherwise the situation you have is OpenAI seeking a particular style, hiring someone who can provide it, not trying to pass it off as that person (give or take the Tweet's) and the intended result effectively being: "random voice actress, you sound too much like an already rich and famous person. Good luck having no more work in your profession" - which would be the actual outcome.

The question entirely hinges on, did they include any data at all which includes ScarJo's voice samples in the training. And also whether it actually does sound similar enough - Frito-Lay went down because of intent and similarity. There's the hilarious outcome here that the act of trying to contact ScarJo is the actual problem they had.

EDIT 2: Of note also - to have a case, they actually have to show reputational harm. Of course on that front, the entire problem might also be Altman. Continuing the trend I suppose of billionaires not shutting up on Twitter being the main source of their legal issues.

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2. einher+H4[view] [source] 2024-05-21 07:30:57
>>XorNot+(OP)
Are you a lawyer?
3. zdp7+DY4[view] [source] 2024-05-22 18:05:09
>>XorNot+(OP)
A bit late here, but... You are ignoring a lot of evidence. SJ stating they asked for permission twice. One of which was requested days before they released it. The Her tweet would seem to corroborate it's meant to sound like her. They then take it down (presumably since they aren't confident they'd win and don't want to be subjected to discovery.) Because of their tweet, even if the voice actors normal voice was identical to SJ, it's pretty clear they were trying to profit off her voice.
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4. XorNot+V76[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-05-22 23:54:09
>>zdp7+DY4
I repeatedly referred to the fact that they tried to contact SJ, and Sam Altman's tweet, as being the biggest problems.
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