Congress seems to think that the highest priority when it comes to AI is to protect celebrities – living or dead. Never fear, ghosts of the famous and infamous, the U.S Senate is on it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/congress-should-just-say-no-no-fakes
Congress Should Just Say No to NO FAKES

There is a lot of anxiety around the use of generative artificial intelligence, some of it justified. But it seems like Congress thinks the highest priority is to protect celebrities – living or dead. Never fear, ghosts of the famous and infamous, the U.S Senate is on it. We’ve already explained the problems with the House’s approach, No AI FRAUD. The Senate’s version, the Nurture Originals, Foster Art and Keep Entertainment Safe, or NO FAKES Act, isn’t much better.

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@eff They only thing you aren't allowed to do in order to make money in the US is taking it from someone richer than you. Even if they are dead.
@eff Here we go again wasting money on something that can't be solved. The genie is out and nothing can stop it. It will only be a short time before likenesses won't even be needed. Everything will be fake and it will be as good as the old real stuff. Anyone that wants to make a movie will be able to simply describe it and boom, there's your movie. No actors. No writers. No artists. No cameras. No props. No travel.
@eff There is some ground for further abuse of copyright law. Where new artwork is needed to protect an image (person or character?) and this can now be automated.
@eff I think it only applies to characters. As they are a created ‘work’.
@eff So Neo can now just be auto-cgi’d and be claimed by corporate interest forever.
@eff it’s the dominating class helping itself. Yet another day of dominant class being dominant.