Dead celebrities as ‘historical’ loophole

OpenAI’s Sora bans public‑figure deepfakes but allows 'historical figures,' which includes deceased celebrities. That creates a practical carve‑out for lifelike, voice‑matched depictions of dead stars without estate permission. It collides with posthumous publicity rights and raises who‑consents/gets‑paid questions. — This forces courts and regulators to define whether dead celebrities count as protected likenesses and how posthumous consent and compensation should work in AI media.