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Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features

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3w ago

Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features

www.theguardian.com /technology/2025/jun/27/deepfakes-denmark-copyright-law-artificial-intelligence

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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.
So will this mean every professional photographer will have to share copyrights with the human subjects of photos?
- It doesn't seem to be the case. As far as I can tell, the law only covers realistic digital imitations of a person's likeness (deepfakes), with an exception for parody and satire. If you appear in public that is effectively license for someone to capture your image.
I like this
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

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