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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/20181716
Law would hold US individuals and firms liable for ripping off a person’s digital likeness.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/20181716
Law would hold US individuals and firms liable for ripping off a person’s digital likeness.
There is the problem that people are so similar to each other that face recognition technology keeps misidentifying people, in some cases putting innocent people in jail for someone else’s crimes.
That would totally suck if we had to prove in court that our randomized face was not intended to look like some famous person.
It would also totally suck if Sony owned my face which means I can only appear in public when Sony allows it.
Don’t worry, the Public Appearance weekly subscription fees will be very reasonable.
All of this already exists, except rights of privacy against misappropriation of name or likeness end at death. Copyright generally goes the life of the author plus 70 years.
Your face isn’t copyrighted
Right, that’s why they’re introducing this bill. I need another revenue stream.