2026-01-17 02:29:47

A-list actor Matthew McConaughey just filed a trademark on his iconic catchphrase "Alright, alright, alright" — a power move that highlights how celebrities are now actively defending their personal brand assets against AI voice cloning. With deepfake technology getting scary-good these days, securing trademarked phrases is becoming the new normal. This raises bigger questions for the crypto and AI community: how do we balance innovation with protecting human identity in the age of synthetic media?

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PrivateKeyParanoia

· 8h ago

Brother MC's move is amazing, pre-registering to prevent deepfake, this is true alpha thinking

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SatoshiNotNakamoto

· 8h ago

To be honest, this is quite ironic. McConaughey is trademarking his meme, making it seem like he's submitting a surrender letter in advance for the deepfake era.

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RooftopReserver

· 8h ago

Deepfakes are getting more and more outrageous, even catchphrases are being locked? These days, human identity is more valuable than code.

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TokenomicsTrapper

· 8h ago

lol mcconaughey trademarking a catchphrase, actually if you read the trademark filing you'll see the real play here is preemptive licensing deals incoming... classic celebrity ip pump cycle, called this months ago. deepfakes aren't even the threat, it's the vesting unlocks of synthetic media rights starting next quarter that'll dump on retail

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LightningHarvester

· 8h ago

Haha, this is true self-rescue. AI is even trying to take away jobs, and celebrities are finally getting restless.

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DefiVeteran

· 8h ago

Haha, that's hilarious. Even catchphrases are being put on the blockchain now. These days, you have to be careful even when speaking to prevent theft.

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BlockImposter

· 9h ago

Haha, McConaughey, that move was pretty brilliant. I'm just worried that in the future, even our way of speaking might need to be verified on the blockchain.

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