Tricky. It's not strictly a copyright issue, even though there's a little crossover here and there. Various countries have differening degrees of privacy and protection laws. Even so, the issue is really not clear. Theoretically, anyone can take a private legal action against anyone else for anything. If a person in real life was upset that a digital clone was made without their permission, they could tie you up in legal knots even if there is no specific law against it. Even if the likeness is entirely coincidental, you could still find yourself on the receiving end of an injuction to stop the distribution of the likeness. Think about the restrictions on the first DAZ Digital Clone, for example. How can anyone really guarantee that a digital likeness is not going to be used in rape/torture/mutilation scenes? People tend to get upset when they see their own likeness being "abused". Maybe this thread should be moved to the Copyright Forum.

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