How is it a “new problem” when painting has existed for a 1000 years and photo-realistic painted had existed for at least 100.
The idea that someone, be it a celebrity or a non-celebrity, should have a concern that someone might paint them without their consent is simply mind bogglingly ridiculous. As if anyone can have a say in what I choose to paint (I can paint in a photo realistic manner).
If I want to paint Halle Berry having sex with Bill Cosby I may and no human on the planet should have a say in telling me I cannot. Not Halle, not Bill and not you. To imply that someone should be able to stop me from making any painting I wish is to subscribe to the most dystopian of world-views.
And yes, my mind has been “trained” on various photos I’ve seen of Bill Cosby over my lifetime. He doesn’t somehow get to own my creative works just because I trained my mind on photos of him or tv shows.
Replacing the paint brush with a piece of software I write is not going to change this logic.
The idea that someone, be it a celebrity or a non-celebrity, should have a concern that someone might paint them without their consent is simply mind bogglingly ridiculous. As if anyone can have a say in what I choose to paint (I can paint in a photo realistic manner).
If I want to paint Halle Berry having sex with Bill Cosby I may and no human on the planet should have a say in telling me I cannot. Not Halle, not Bill and not you. To imply that someone should be able to stop me from making any painting I wish is to subscribe to the most dystopian of world-views.
And yes, my mind has been “trained” on various photos I’ve seen of Bill Cosby over my lifetime. He doesn’t somehow get to own my creative works just because I trained my mind on photos of him or tv shows.
Replacing the paint brush with a piece of software I write is not going to change this logic.