[HN Gopher] Trailer Faces HQ Dataset
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       Trailer Faces HQ Dataset
        
       Author : surprisetalk
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2024-08-18 00:23 UTC (4 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.justinpinkney.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.justinpinkney.com)
        
       | notachatbot1234 wrote:
       | > The dataset is released under the Creative Commons BY-SA
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       | How can this be legal? All imagery is taken from (usually) non-
       | free movie trailers.
        
         | mewse-hn wrote:
         | I had the same question, it seems silly to build a collection
         | of copyrighted content and apply your own copyright to it.
         | 
         | I guess the argument is the same one all the AI people are
         | relying on: I built this collection of fair use material and I
         | am applying my copyright to the product of my work. I wouldn't
         | want to argue that one in court.
        
           | bbarnett wrote:
           | Yet such court actions are going to happen again and again,
           | until VC backed AI firms either all go bankrupt, or win.
        
         | dinobones wrote:
         | IANAL, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use is a thing.
         | Not sure if it applies in this case though.
        
       | Mistletoe wrote:
       | An interesting dataset as I assume most actors are more
       | attractive than the general population as well.
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       | https://psych-neuro.com/2016/04/04/hollywood-beauty-does-fam...
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       | >When Schmid compared these aspects of celebrity faces to those
       | of non-celebrities, she found that the average attractiveness
       | score out of 10 for non-celebrities was between 4-5 while
       | celebrities tend to score at a minimum of 6. According to her
       | algorithm, celebrities are significantly more attractive than
       | non-celebrities with top scorers including Brad Pitt, George
       | Clooney, Kate Upton, and Miley Cyrus.
        
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