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"Likeness just became a tradeable product. That wasn't true before."

Only because the government is making it that way. It's not an inevitability. It's a shortsighted move that doesn't add any value to society. It only serves to make celebrities even more wealthy

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> Only because the government is making it that way. It's not an inevitability.

Likeness wasn’t mass producible. It is now. That isn’t because of government but technology.

> doesn't add any value to society

According to whom? Certainly not Johansson or OpenAI.

> only serves to make celebrities even more wealthy

You don’t see how an entry-level actor doesn’t benefit from their first short skit being a substitute for a life’s work?