Facial copyright

Ed Sutton said:
I wonder how this will affect photography?

www.theguardian.com

Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features

Amendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities, government says
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It's not so different from France's existing Droit à l'image, except perhaps set in terms of copyright, if the article is accurate.

www.service-public.fr

Droit à l'image et respect de la vie privée

Votre photo a été publiée sans votre autorisation et vous vous demandez quels sont vos droits en matière d'image et de respect de la vie privée ? Nous vous indiquons dans quels cas votre autorisation est nécessaire et comment faire en cas de difficultés.
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The mention of 'severe fines' does suggest Denmark could be criminalising breaches of this kind of copyright.

If the only exceptions are parodies and satire as stated in the article, it could make news reporting very difficult, along with other things like street photography.

Watch this space.
 
Going to the Danish Government web site, the proposal covers specifically 'digitally generated imitations of personal characteristics', rather than regular photography, video or audio recordings, which may keep us off the hook! :)

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