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Ask to use Alice's likeness in my product, get declined. Ask again. Debut product, users say "this sounds a lot like Alice". The day my product releases, I make a public statement referencing a movie Alice starred in. When Alice asks how I made my product, I delete all access to the product.

How else am I supposed to interpret this?



"better safe than sorry"

- any legal team, ever, in the history of the universe


Have you met any corporate lawyers? Its all about CYA




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