The actor told an audience in London that AI was a “burning issue” for actors.

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    1 year ago

    It is, as a matter of fact. When Fry recorded his voice for those audiobooks, they were copyrighted. Reproducing the contents of those works as they have is, arguably a violation of copyright.

    And when you compare Steven Frye to Pepsi Max, that’s a false equivalence, because you’re comparing a copyrighted material to a trademarked brand which are two different things.

    Still, to your point of theft, nobody is taking anything from anyone. They are using something without permission, and that still falls squarely as copyright infringement, not theft.

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      1 year ago

      Reproducing the contents of those works as they have is

      This did not occur.

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        1 year ago

        When they reproduced Fry’s voice with an AI based on what they captured from the copyrighted audiobook, that’s precisely what happened. Just because you refuse to understand or admit it, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

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          1 year ago

          That’s not reproduction of content so isn’t a copyright violation. Not shouldn’t be. Literally right now is not.

          The whole reason people are so up in arms about this is that we do not currently have laws or even standards that accurately police this kind of thing.

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            1 year ago

            That is not for you to decide. That is for a court to decide. By the letter of the law, and how current copyright law is written, it very clearly is.