Copyright & creative workA Tokyo court said a human voice can be protected under publicity rights

On September 30 the Tokyo District Court ruled in a suit by voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda that a voice can fall under publicity rights. Using someone's voice without permission for commercial gain can be infringement.

The account in question had already closed, so the court rejected the request to delete the videos. In April Japan's Justice Ministry formed an expert panel on AI voice misuse.