Reply to post: Re: Fitting justice.

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

martinusher Silver badge

Re: Fitting justice.

>Why not give the common person the same rights?

There's just too many of us. There's a statistical probability that any generic face will fit a particular person, alive or dead. Public figures like those you mention are relatively rare so they can get away with effectively copyrighting their personas.

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