Japanese Court Rules Human Voices Are Protected in Landmark AI Case
A Tokyo court has ruled for the first time that a person’s voice can be protected by publicity rights, in voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda’s case against TikTok over AI-narrated videos. We read the nine-page judgment: the test it borrowed from the Pink Lady case, why Tsuda still lost, the questions it leaves open, how other countries compare, and what brands and platforms should do.
