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apparently one main AI sticking point is whether studios should get to reanimate dead actors for free at will -- (link)

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Nov 6 '23, 19:33

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they’re lighting what’s left of their business on fire over this (twitter.com)

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maybe if moviegoers would stop clapping like trained seals every time they see a dead actor on screen, this wouldn't be an issue. -- nm - colin Nov 7, 07:26
Yeah, no. The estate of a dead celeb controls the likeness of that dead celeb. - Mop🧹 Nov 6, 19:37 2
- whatever contracts they may have had with the studios when they were alive likely didn't contemplate this type of re-use of their footage - hollywood big shot Nov 6, 19:42 1
  - (it's hard to understate how pissed the actors are by this clause, especially coming at the 11th hour when they were expecting a done deal) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 7, 01:52
I'm not clicking through to read the post, but based on your subject line ... I've got an unfinished blog post about how that's immoral/unethical - Beryllium Nov 6, 19:36

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