So will this mean every professional photographer will have to share copyrights with the human subjects of photos?
Can’t wait for the first pair of twins to sue each other.
Or just doppelgangers.
The Danish government said on Thursday it would strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities
Good call. 👍
Crazy that this wasn’t already the standard years ago.
It’s not the standard because it will likely have a LOT of unintended consequences.
How do you share evidence of police brutality if they can use copyright to take down the video? How do newspapers print pictures of people if they have to get the rightsholders permission first? How do we share photos of Elon Musk doing a Nazi salute if he can just sue every site that posts it for unauthorized use of his likeness?
Unless this has some extremely stringent and well written limitations, it has the potential to be a very bad idea.
I would assume those would fall under fair use of some kind, but you’re right that those fair use laws would need some scrutiny before implementing this. I’m still cautiously optimistic about it, but yeah if I was a lawmaker I’d be thinking hard about the potential misuses of it for sure.
What we’ve seen very clearly with fair use is that you end up being forced to defend it, as opposed to it being presumed. That means it’s very easy for a rightsholder with money to go after every use, fair or not, and force the user to spend time and money defending themselves (and also probably face a preliminary injunction that takes the image down until the case is over, which will often be after its newsworthy).
The big thing about Fair Use/Fair Dealing is it’s not automatic protection from any sort of consequence, lawsuit, or prosecution. It’s only a possible defense you can try using once you’re in court about it, and there are no guarantees it’ll work out for you.
Fair Use/Fair Dealing has never been the magic “you can’t do anything to me” protection many people seem to think it is. A judge has every ability to decide what you did wasn’t a fair use and judge against you.
Can’t wait for celebrities to sue lookalikes
[The proposal] defines a deepfake as a very realistic digital representation of a person, including their appearance and voice.
The government said the new rules would not affect parodies and satire, which would still be permitted.
Seems like they’ve already thought about this, and the law will cover only digital clones, not human lookalikes - plus carve-outs for fair use satire.
Fair use or something
I like this
