top | item 40452135 (no title) apetrovic | 1 year ago So if I have a company that sells, say, manure, I can search and hire a voice actress that sounds exactly like Scarlett to promote me in radio ads? And write a tweet that vaguely implies that it's really her? discuss order hn newest sebzim4500|1 year ago Yes to the first bit, no to the second.I don't think a reasonable person would interpret Sam's tweet as claiming that Scarlett recorded the voice. haiku2077|1 year ago There's legal precedent against the first one. Tom Waits successfully sued Frito Lay after they used a Tom Waits soundalike in a commercial.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-09-me-238-st... load replies (1)
sebzim4500|1 year ago Yes to the first bit, no to the second.I don't think a reasonable person would interpret Sam's tweet as claiming that Scarlett recorded the voice. haiku2077|1 year ago There's legal precedent against the first one. Tom Waits successfully sued Frito Lay after they used a Tom Waits soundalike in a commercial.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-09-me-238-st... load replies (1)
haiku2077|1 year ago There's legal precedent against the first one. Tom Waits successfully sued Frito Lay after they used a Tom Waits soundalike in a commercial.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-09-me-238-st... load replies (1)
sebzim4500|1 year ago
I don't think a reasonable person would interpret Sam's tweet as claiming that Scarlett recorded the voice.
haiku2077|1 year ago
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-09-me-238-st...