Japan court rules AI voice copying violates actor's rights

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 30 Sept, 18:25 · Archive

A Tokyo court ruled that an actor's voice has legal protection after an AI tool copied it.

A Tokyo district court has ruled that the human voice deserves legal protection as a publicity right, in a case brought by actor Kenjiro Tsuda against a TikTok account. The court found that AI-generated videos using a cloned version of Tsuda's voice violated his rights. This is the first case in Japan over 'voice rights' infringement using generative artificial intelligence.

How it is being reported

• AI tool that copied actor’s ‘lustrous’ voice violated his rights, says Tokyo courtGuardian World · 30 Sept, 12:09
• While calling voice a protected right, court dismisses voice actor’s AI caseThe Japan Times · 30 Sept, 07:19

In this story: Kenjiro Tsuda · TikTok · Tokyo · Japan

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