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I know everyone abuses words on the Internet, but voices are definitively not copyrightable. What they *might* be is protected by other laws. The closest case
by rockemsockem 4y ago
I know everyone abuses words on the Internet, but voices are definitively not copyrightable.
What they *might* be is protected by other laws. The closest case the US has seen is this Bette Midler one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co.
But the circumstances there make it different from a lot of AI voice work since in her case there could be no claim that sounding like her was a coincidence since Ford had an impersonator sing one of her songs (which they did properly secure copyright to use).