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George Carlin Estate Settles Lawsuit Over AI-Generated Comedy Special (variety.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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George Carlin‘s estate has settled a lawsuit over an AI-generated imitation of the late comedian, with the creators agreeing to remove it from their YouTube channel and podcast feed.

In January, the Dudesy podcast released “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” which purported to be an hour-long special created by artificial intelligence. Carlin died in 2008, but the special featured a sound-alike voice doing Carlin-esque material on contemporary topics like trans rights and defunding the police.

The estate sued, alleging that the special violated the estate’s copyrights and its publicity right to Carlin’s name, image and likeness.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Hey if a fscking mouse can be copyrighted for 100 years, why shouldn't the work of real people also be protected? Of course neither of the examples your cited would still have copyrights even under those extreme terms.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think the Mouse should have that copyright either. I'm not a total copyright abolitionist, but the time needs to be much shorter like patents. And I think likenesses should fall into the same category.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I do actually agree with that, these lengths of times are pretty ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Difference is, the mouse can’t die, a person can. But the mouse can be continued by anyone…