Celebrities are starting to take AI protection seriously. Matthew McConaughey recently successfully registered multiple trademarks to protect some of his most famous lines, including the classic "alright, alright, alright." The underlying issue is quite profound— as AI generation capabilities become stronger, voice cloning and deepfake technologies can easily imitate any public figure's characteristics and expressions. If these are misused, personal brand assets face significant threats. From an intellectual property perspective, this is an unavoidable topic in the Web3 era: as virtual assets and digital identities become increasingly valuable, what mechanisms do we need to protect them? Trademark registration is a traditional approach, but in an era flooded with AI and open-source models, is that enough? This case may spark some industry reflections—how should we balance innovation freedom with the protection of personal/brand rights?
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TokenToaster
· 16h ago
Alright alright alright, here's another one, but this time it's done with the trademark 🔐 haha
Traditional IP can't handle AI this way; a full Web3 solution is necessary
It will eventually be on the chain, or else just trademark paper is useless
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BtcDailyResearcher
· 16h ago
Haha alight alight alight has been trademarked, which is really quite ironic.
Now AI cloning is forcing the big names to go offshore, but the question is, is trademark enough? It can't withstand open-source models at all.
Web3 needs to come up with a solution quickly. Just registering trademarks to protect digital identities is a bit naive.
It should have been taken seriously earlier, or else our voices and faces will be exploited for arbitrage in the future.
Can smart contracts put identity data on a blockchain lock? Just thinking about it gives me a headache.
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DecentralizedElder
· 16h ago
Alright alright alright, now finally some celebrities are starting to defend themselves. But is this old trick of trademarks really effective? AI can now replicate your soul, can the trademark office really control open-source models?
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LucidSleepwalker
· 16h ago
Alright alright alright, now McConaughey also has to play the trademark registration game, indicating that AI is indeed beginning to threaten people's livelihoods.
Digital identity scraping is no longer a new thing, but it's only recently that people have started to take it seriously... Trademark protection feels a bit too late.
With so many open-source models, can legal documents alone stop deepfakes? Question mark face
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ForkMaster
· 16h ago
What can trademark registration block? Against open-source models, it's all just paper-thin.
Celebrities are starting to take AI protection seriously. Matthew McConaughey recently successfully registered multiple trademarks to protect some of his most famous lines, including the classic "alright, alright, alright." The underlying issue is quite profound— as AI generation capabilities become stronger, voice cloning and deepfake technologies can easily imitate any public figure's characteristics and expressions. If these are misused, personal brand assets face significant threats. From an intellectual property perspective, this is an unavoidable topic in the Web3 era: as virtual assets and digital identities become increasingly valuable, what mechanisms do we need to protect them? Trademark registration is a traditional approach, but in an era flooded with AI and open-source models, is that enough? This case may spark some industry reflections—how should we balance innovation freedom with the protection of personal/brand rights?