{"slug": "japan-court-rules-actors-have-right-to-their-own-voices", "title": "Japan court rules actors have right to their own voices", "summary": "The Tokyo District Court ruled this week that a person's voice can be protected under Japan's publicity rights law, in a case brought by actor Kenjiro Tsuda against TikTok over an account that used an AI-generated replica of his voice in more than 180 videos. The decision extends publicity-rights protection to voice, a legal question raised by AI voice cloning.", "body_md": "Kenjiro Tsuda, an actor famed in Japan for his lustrous baritone, sued TikTok over an account that used an AI-generated replica of his voice in more than 180 videos. Tokyo District Court [ruled this week that a persons' voice can be protected under Japan's publicity rights law](https://abcnews.com/Technology/wireStory/tokyo-court-grants-legal-protection-human-voices-ai-136912283?utm_source=chatgpt.com). — [Read the rest](https://boingboing.net/2026/10/02/japan-court-rules-actors-have-right-to-their-own-voices.html) \n\nThe post [Japan court rules actors have right to their own voices](https://boingboing.net/2026/10/02/japan-court-rules-actors-have-right-to-their-own-voices.html) appeared first on [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/japan-court-rules-actors-have-right-to-their-own-voices", "canonical_source": "https://boingboing.net/2026/10/02/japan-court-rules-actors-have-right-to-their-own-voices.html", "published_at": "2026-10-02 11:07:08+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-02 12:07:48.181622+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Tokyo District Court", "Kenjiro Tsuda", "TikTok", "Japan"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/japan-court-rules-actors-have-right-to-their-own-voices", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/japan-court-rules-actors-have-right-to-their-own-voices.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/japan-court-rules-actors-have-right-to-their-own-voices.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/japan-court-rules-actors-have-right-to-their-own-voices.jsonld"}}