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.

  • Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    I read it like:

    Mimic, pace of tone and body language are parts of the work.

    That they don’t hit the main part (I.e the humor) is just the icing.

    Perhaps I’m top lenient though.

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      11 months ago

      The problem with that is that you can’t protect “pace of tone” and “body language” under law.

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        11 months ago

        I’m just saying that I see that those two statements can exists at the same time without a huge mental leap - not that I agree with it - I apologize if I didn’t make that clear enough in the first post!