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Japan finds its voice: Protecting the human voice in the age of AI

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader ๐Ÿ”— Share link 10/20 10:13 UTC ๐Ÿ”— Share link Anthropic | History, Controversies, & Claude AI โ€” Britannica ยท 10/20 10:20 UTC

On 30 September 2026, the Tokyo District Court considered a dispute between a Japanese voice actor and the video-sharing platform TikTok over videos that used a voice allegedly generated or processed using AI to resemble his own. The Court indicated that a person's voice, like their likeness, may serve as a symbol of their personality and may be protected by publicity rights in certain circumstances. The Court did not determine whether the use of the disputed voice actually infringed any rights.

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