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> It's probably not fine to hire a voice actor and tell them to imitate someone else.

Pretty sure this is fine, otherwise cartoons like the simpsons or south park would've gotten in trouble years ago.

>>beeboo+(OP)
There's a distinction between parody and impersonation, yes.

>>beeboo+(OP)
This is specifically covered in cases like Midler v. Ford, and legally it matters what the use is for. If it's for parody/etc it's completely different from attempting to impersonate and convince customers it is someone else.

>>beeboo+(OP)
Parody is a protected fair use case.

You can make a Saturday Night Live sketch making fun of Darth Vader.

You cannot use a Darth Vader imitator to sell light sabers.

>>qarl+ld
Exactly, parody isn't a commercial product.

>>codema+K1
Midler v. Ford is a bit different from CahtGPT in that it was about a direct copy of a Midler song for a car ad, not just a voice sounding similar saying different stuff.

You can hear them here:

Midler version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFVhL0jbutU&t=22s

Car ad https://youtu.be/hxShNrpdVRs

>>qarl+ld
Sure, you can't sell light sabers. Can't you use a Darth Vader voice impersonator to sell vacuums? What about a voice that sounds like generic background actor 12?

>>beeboo+ll
You seem to be conveniently ignoring the fact that OpenAI is selling conversational AIs.

>>tim333+8l
One of male voice actor contractors impersonated Julia Childs for a commercial years ago, writing was in a parodying style. She sued and won.