The estate of is suing the media company behind a fake hourlong comedy special that purportedly uses to recreate the late standup comicB次元官网网址檚 style and material.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday asks that a judge order the podcast outlet Dudesy to immediately take down the audio special, B次元官网网址淕eorge Carlin: IB次元官网网址檓 Glad IB次元官网网址檓 Dead,B次元官网网址� in which a synthesis of Carlin delivers commentary on current events. Carlin died in 2008.

CarlinB次元官网网址檚 daughter, Kelly Carlin, said in a statement that the work is B次元官网网址渁 poorly-executed facsimile cobbled together by unscrupulous individuals to capitalize on the extraordinary goodwill my father established with his adoring fanbase.B次元官网网址�

The Carlin estate and its executor, Jerold Hamza, are named as plaintiffs in the suit, which alleges violations of CarlinB次元官网网址檚 right of publicity and copyright. The named defendants are Dudesy and podcast hosts Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen.

B次元官网网址淣one of the Defendants had permission to use CarlinB次元官网网址檚 likeness for the AI-generated B次元官网网址楪eorge Carlin Special,B次元官网网址� nor did they have a license to use any of the late comedianB次元官网网址檚 copyrighted materials,B次元官网网址� the lawsuit says.

The defendants have not filed a response to the lawsuit and it was not clear whether they have retained an attorney. They could not immediately be reached for comment.

At the beginning of the special posted on YouTube on Jan. 9, a voiceover identifying itself as the AI engine used by Dudesy says it listened to the comicB次元官网网址檚 50 years of material and B次元官网网址渄id my best to imitate his voice, cadence and attitude as well as the subject matter I think would have interested him today.B次元官网网址�

The plaintiffs say if that was in fact how it was created B次元官网网址� and some listeners have doubted its stated origins B次元官网网址� it means CarlinB次元官网网址檚 copyright was violated.

The company, as it often does on similar projects, also released a podcast episode with Sasso and Kultgen introducing and commenting on the mock Carlin.

B次元官网网址淲hat we just listened to, was that passable?B次元官网网址� Kultgen says in a section of the episode cited in the lawsuit.

B次元官网网址淵eah, that sounded exactly like George Carlin,B次元官网网址� Sasso responds.

The lawsuit is among the first in what is likely to be an increasing number of major legal moves made to fight the regenerated use of celebrity images and likenesses.

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Josh Schiller, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a statement that the B次元官网网址渃ase is not just about AI, itB次元官网网址檚 about the humans that use AI to violate the law, infringe on intellectual property rights, and flout common decency.B次元官网网址�

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