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Voices can sound very similar, they're far from unique. Clearly if you say or somehow strongly imply that a voice belongs to a specific person then that is prot
by rockemsockem 3y ago
Voices can sound very similar, they're far from unique. Clearly if you say or somehow strongly imply that a voice belongs to a specific person then that is protected. But what if you use someone's voice, someone not especially well known, and don't make any claims about where it comes from?
- leni536 3y agoIt's still not necessarily legal just because you can get away with it.
- rockemsockem 3y agoI don't think it's that clear at all. You own your "likeness", but the limits of what that means is highly untested. Of the similar examples that have been tested in court thus far, the Ford v Midler case is the closest, but the court specifically called out the fact that as a singer her voice is a distinctive part of their identity, and so it is protected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co.