• Nougat@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    They don’t own the copyright on someone’s likeness. They own the copyright on that specific image.

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      10 months ago

      Exactly, like photographers have copyright of their photos. It would be hilarious if you needed to own the subject of the photo to have copyright. The movie industry would probably collapse overnight.

      • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        Unfortunately, I have the feeling the movie industry would be overjoyed if all their actors were slaves…