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Denmark plans to become the first country in the world to give its citizens copyright over their faces and voices in an effort to clamp down on “deepfakes” — videos, audio clips and images that are digitally doctored to spread false information.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

And the AI Company Man told me I needed to scan my face into an orb to do this! At least they used the word "governance" a bit and offered me a pittance for the brave new opportunity.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Having copyright means nothing if the people can't enforce it. How mch does it cost for a normal citizen to take one (1) corporation to a jury trial, again?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

We don't go by American rules here. We can take a corporation to court. Not only that, but Unions are a big thing here for that specific reason.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Fair point. Still, I have to question how many normal citizens can afford to do that. I've literally never heard a news heading like "Portugal citizen takes IBM to trial, execs in jail for 25 years".

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Guess we just don't have very many cases like that. Companies aren't really known to exploit their workers here the same way you see in some other countries. Hell, they all encourage that you're part of a union. Some won't even hire you if you're not.

Usually when execs get busted for something, it's tax-fraud and such. And the few that abuse workers get fired pretty damned fast.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Anecdotally whenever I encounter someone from Denmark, they are always downplaying their home country and saying how great they think the USA is; I think they have a cultural propensity to try and keep Denmark a secret from outsiders.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Ah janteloven, danish humility.

I live in Denmark, used to live in the US. Lots of problems still, but it's basically just across the board better in most ways to me.

I think the copyright law is a great step. Yeah, there's probably some holes in the law and it doesn't fix everything but I don't know what else could be done, nor what other countries are doing nearly this much

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

About to live in Denmark for about six months, I'm certain I will have to be dragged back into the states kicking and screaming the whole while. I'm fully expecting some pretty large changes in my mental health and quality of life.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Ah very cool, Tillykke! Hit me up if you need any recommendations. I'm sure you'll be busy!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Can you make your face and voice Public domain or Unlicense it to allow anyone to freely use it?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Good article except that they called this:

The clip, which was presented as a dream sequence and clearly labelled as AI-manipulated content, prompted debate about the acceptable boundaries of the technology.

A grey area. Come on, that's very clearly satire.

this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025
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