亞馬遜在版權(quán)侵權(quán)訴訟中否認(rèn)使用人工智能為《Road House》配音

Amazon Studios and original Road House scribe R. Lance Hill are coming to blows after the latter sued the studio for copyright infringement, also making claims of misuse of AI, with regards to its upcoming remake.
亞馬遜工作室和原《Road House》的編劇R. Lance Hill在后者起訴亞馬遜侵犯版權(quán)，并聲稱(chēng)濫用人工智能之后發(fā)生了沖突。

On Tuesday, Hill, who also goes by the name David Lee Henry, sued Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its parent company, Amazon Studios, claiming copyright infringement and seeking declaratory relief, according to a complaint obtained by EW.
根據(jù)《娛樂(lè)周刊》獲得的一份訴狀，周二，希爾(又名大衛(wèi)·李·亨利)起訴米高梅電影公司及其母公司亞馬遜電影公司，聲稱(chēng)侵犯了版權(quán)，并尋求聲明救濟(jì)。

Hill wrote the original 1989 film, which starred Patrick Swayze as Dalton, a bouncer with a Ph.D. in philosophy and a karate black belt who is hired to clean up a bad bar in a small Missouri town. The Doug Liman-directed remake stars Jake Gyllenhaal. According to the complaint, which seeks a trial by jury, Hill alerted the original film's producers, United Artists, in 2021 that the copyright grant was ending and the rights would go back to him starting on Nov. 11, 2023.
希爾是1989年電影原作的編劇，由帕特里克·斯威茲飾演道爾頓。道爾頓是一名保鏢，擁有哲學(xué)博士學(xué)位和空手道黑帶，受雇清理密蘇里小鎮(zhèn)上一家糟糕的酒吧。這部由道格·利曼執(zhí)導(dǎo)的翻拍電影由杰克·吉倫哈爾主演。根據(jù)尋求陪審團(tuán)審判的訴狀，希爾在2021年警告原電影的制片人聯(lián)合藝術(shù)公司，版權(quán)授權(quán)即將結(jié)束，從2023年11月11日開(kāi)始，版權(quán)將回到他手中。

Instead, the complaint claims, MGM, Amazon and United “steamrolled ahead with the production of a remake of the 1989 film, derived from Hill’s Screenplay." "Defendants’ unauthorized 2024 Remake was not completed until late January 9, 2024, well after the effective date of Hill’s statutory termination. This case arises from Defendants’ blatant copyright infringement due to their willful failure to license the requisite motion picture and ancillary rights to Hill’s Screenplay underlying their derivative 2004 Remake as required by law," it states.
相反，訴狀稱(chēng)，米高梅、亞馬遜和美聯(lián)航“強(qiáng)行翻拍1989年的電影，改編自希爾的劇本”。被告未經(jīng)授權(quán)的《2024》翻拍直到2024年1月9日才完成，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)晚于希爾的法定終止生效日期。這種情況下來(lái)自被告明目張膽的侵權(quán)由于他們故意不許可的電影和輔助權(quán)利希爾的劇本基本導(dǎo)數(shù)2004改造按照法律的要求,“這狀態(tài)。

Hill's complaint also alleges misuse of AI by the studio. “Hill is further informed and believes and based thereon alleges that Defendants went so far as to take extreme measures to try to meet this November 10, 2023 deadline, at considerable additional cost, including by resorting to the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) during the 2023 strike of the Screen Actor’s Guild (“SAG”) to replicate the voices of the 2024 Remake’s actors for purposes of ADR (Automatic Dialogue Replacement), all in knowing violation of the collective bargaining agreements of both SAG and the Director’s Guild of America (DGA) to which Defendants were signatories,” the complaint claims. “These are not the actions of companies that truly believe that Hill’s Termination is ineffective.”
Hill的投訴還指控該工作室濫用AI。“希爾被進(jìn)一步告知，并據(jù)此認(rèn)為，被告甚至采取極端措施，試圖在2023年11月10日的最后期限之前，付出相當(dāng)大的額外成本，包括在2023年美國(guó)演員工會(huì)(“SAG”)罷工期間使用人工智能(人工智能)來(lái)復(fù)制2024年翻拍的演員的聲音，以達(dá)到ADR(自動(dòng)對(duì)話替代)的目的。所有這些都違反了美國(guó)演員工會(huì)和美國(guó)導(dǎo)演協(xié)會(huì)(DGA)的集體談判協(xié)議，而被告是該協(xié)議的簽署人，”訴狀稱(chēng)。“這些不是那些真正認(rèn)為希爾解雇案無(wú)效的公司的行為。”

An Amazon MGM Studios spokesperson told EW, “The lawsuit filed by R. Lance Hill regarding Road House today is completely without merit and numerous allegations are categorically false. The film does not use any AI in place of actors’ voices. We look forward to defending ourselves against these claims.” A source close to the situation stressed that no AI was utilized in the film to recreate actors' voices, and if any AI was used during production, it would have been by the filmmakers during early cuts. The source claims filmmakers were advised by the studio to remove any AI or nonunion performers from the final cut of the film.
亞馬遜米高梅工作室的一位發(fā)言人告訴《娛樂(lè)周刊》，“蘭斯·希爾今天就Road House提起的訴訟完全沒(méi)有依據(jù)，許多指控都是絕對(duì)錯(cuò)誤的。這部電影沒(méi)有使用任何人工智能代替演員的聲音。我們期待著對(duì)這些指控進(jìn)行辯護(hù)。”一位知情人士強(qiáng)調(diào)，電影中沒(méi)有使用人工智能來(lái)重現(xiàn)演員的聲音，如果在制作過(guò)程中使用了人工智能，那也應(yīng)該是電影制作人在早期剪輯時(shí)使用的。消息人士稱(chēng)，制片方建議電影人從電影的最終剪輯中刪除任何人工智能或非工會(huì)演員。

Hill's suit seeks to block distribution of the thriller. Road House is currently slated to head to Amazon Prime Video on March 21. Previously it was revealed that Liman took issue with Amazon releasing the film on streaming as opposed to giving it a theatrical release, and would therefore not be attending the film's SXSW premiere out of protest.
希爾的訴訟旨在阻止這部驚悚片的發(fā)行?！禦oad House》將于3月21日登陸亞馬遜Prime視頻平臺(tái)。此前有消息稱(chēng)，里曼反對(duì)亞馬遜在流媒體上發(fā)布這部電影，而不是讓它在影院上映，因此他不會(huì)參加這部電影的SXSW首映式以示抗議。

To that end, Hill said in a statement to EW, "Road House has become a worldwide cult phenomenon since I wrote it as a spec script in 1986. But recently, when I recovered my copyright, MGM/Amazon tried to hand-waive me away. I'm elated that Doug Liman's Road House remake is considered to be his and Jake Gyllenhaal's best work to date. Yet MGM/Amazon seems intent on burying Road House (2024) in a streaming slot rather than releasing it on the big screen where great movies and movie stars belong. They might as well erect a sign out front advising TALENT BEWARE, NOT WELCOME HERE."
為此，希爾在接受《娛樂(lè)周刊》采訪時(shí)表示:“自從1986年我把《路屋》寫(xiě)成劇本以來(lái)，它已經(jīng)成為了一種全球范圍內(nèi)的狂熱現(xiàn)象。但最近，當(dāng)我收回版權(quán)時(shí)，米高梅/亞馬遜(MGM/Amazon)試圖放棄我。我很高興道格·里曼翻拍的《路屋》被認(rèn)為是他和杰克·吉倫哈爾迄今為止最好的作品。然而，米高梅/亞馬遜似乎打算把《路屋》(2024)埋在流媒體頻道，而不是在大銀幕上上映，而大銀幕才是偉大電影和電影明星的歸屬。他們還不如在門(mén)口豎起一塊牌子，上面寫(xiě)著:“天才小心，這里不歡迎你。”

Hill's attorney, Marc Toberoff, added, "The asset base of all major entertainment studios is content, without it they have nothing. It is time they respect the fundamental rights and artistry of creators on whose sweat and toil their empires are based."
希爾的律師馬克·托伯洛夫補(bǔ)充說(shuō):“所有大型娛樂(lè)工作室的資產(chǎn)基礎(chǔ)都是內(nèi)容，沒(méi)有內(nèi)容他們就一無(wú)所有?，F(xiàn)在是他們尊重創(chuàng)作者的基本權(quán)利和藝術(shù)的時(shí)候了，他們的帝國(guó)是建立在這些創(chuàng)作者的汗水和辛勞之上的。”