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New York State is trying to ban 'deepfakes' and Hollywood isn't happy

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Re: Bullshit

And what about Woody Alllen's Zelig and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid?

What about them? They use archive footage, as does Forrest Gump. Different thing altogether.

It's not a different thing--it's precisely what this over-reaching law would actually ban as a result.

Laws like this are pointless, because the content that's been produced using the deepfakes technology has been created and posted online by anonymous individuals, who likely won't be deterred by legislation. All that laws like this accomplish is stifle legitimate creative endeavors that were lumped into the same category by laws using language that is too broad to specifically target the thing they have an issue with.

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