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George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist’s Work’ (variety.com)

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George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist’s Work’::George Carlin's estate has filed a lawsuit against the creators behind an AI-generated comedy special featuring a recreation of the comedian's voice.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Exactly my point that it is not clear, since it's exactly Carlin's likeness. A person who tunes in at a random moment has no idea that this is what it it stated in the beginning and could 100% assume it's Carlin.
Techbros use "transformative work" as a catch-all for 'I moved a pixel; it's transformative!'. Making a standup comedy show from a person doing standup comedy show is using their exact likeness as a basis is not transformative work. You can also google and copy paste the requirements for work to be considered transformative.
You're now conflating multiple discussion tracks to various comparisons, rough equivalences amd simplifications. I'm sure quoting random shit from our convo will make your point across.

I'm done, I feel like your not discussing this in good faith and just border-line sealioning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Exactly my point that it is not clear, since it’s exactly Carlin’s likeness. A person who tunes in at a random moment has no idea that this is what it it stated in the beginning and could 100% assume it’s Carlin.

It is incredibly clear. The fact that it would take a person to pause the video before the first three seconds, skip to a random point, ignore that the topic of the standup is events that occurred since his death and being an AI, fail to read the written notices on-screen and in the description, etc. is evidence of this.

using their exact likeness as a basis is not transformative work

I think you're still getting wires crossed between different domains of IP law in a way that makes your objection meaningless. Transformative nature comes in as a part of a fair use defense specifically to copyright infringement - whereas elements of a person's likeness, like their face or voice, are not protected by copyright.