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Tokyo court rules the human voice is protected, in a TikTok AI clone case

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A Tokyo court ruled that Japanese law protects human voices as publicity rights in a case where voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda sued TikTok over AI-generated voice clones. The court recognized voice as a symbol of personality but declined to order video removals since the content was already taken down.

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