The Reddit community deepfakes" which has been creating fake porn videos of celebrities using machine learning is now letter you make custom requests for a donation of bitcoin. While the legality of what they were doing was questionable at best, bringing commercial use into the mix could very well open them up to some serious copyright lawsuits, from both the adult actress/actor whose video is being used, and the celebrity whose likeness is being used.
We covered this back in December when it was first being talked about, but now it seems instead of it being a "hobby" as they were framing it as, trying to profit from someone elses work and likeness could get them into some hot astroglide.
Deepfake makers' creations infringe on both the copyrights of the porn performers, and the celebrities whose faces are taken from interviews or copyrighted publicity photographs. Duan told me that in cases of copyright violation, one of the best ways to prove wrongdoing is through financial payment processors, such as credit card companies or banks. “Financial institutions are generally single points of failure for people trying to hide improper activity,” he said.
We covered this back in December when it was first being talked about, but now it seems instead of it being a "hobby" as they were framing it as, trying to profit from someone elses work and likeness could get them into some hot astroglide.
Deepfake makers' creations infringe on both the copyrights of the porn performers, and the celebrities whose faces are taken from interviews or copyrighted publicity photographs. Duan told me that in cases of copyright violation, one of the best ways to prove wrongdoing is through financial payment processors, such as credit card companies or banks. “Financial institutions are generally single points of failure for people trying to hide improper activity,” he said.