AI Voice Enters the Copyright Regime: Proposal of a Three-Part Framework

Authors

Prachi Patel

Abstract

We are told that our voice is one of the most powerful tools we have. However, is it just as powerful if it can be replicated? Artificial intelligence has developed to the point where it can create an exact clone of a person’s voice. While there have been many advancements in this field, there are few laws that address artificial intelligence and its use. Artificial intelligence has been used to create artificial voices of well-known figures, both deceased and alive, some without their consent. This creates a need to balance the incentivization of technological development and the protection of an individual’s autonomy over their identity. This Note focuses on the use of artificially generated voice and how current copyright laws can be amended to welcome it into the copyright regime, suggesting a three-part framework that will resolve the tensions raised by the creation and use of artificial voice without silencing it.

Recommended Citation

Prachi Patel, AI Voice Enters the Copyright Regime: Proposal of a Three-Part Framework, 34 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 451 (2024).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/iplj/vol34/iss2/6