{
  "id": 10899468,
  "title": "Japan court rules voice is protected as publicity right in AI cloning case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/japan-court-rules-voice-is-protected-as-publicity-right-in-ai-cloning",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T08:30:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260930/p2g/00m/0na/035000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court ruled Wednesday in an AI cloning case that voice is protected as a publicity right, similar to the right of portrait",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "While calling voice a protected right, court dismisses voice actor’s AI case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/while-calling-voice-a-protected-right-court-dismisses-voice-actors-ai",
        "published": "2026-09-30T06:19:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Japan court rules human voice is protected in TikTok AI case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/japan-court-rules-human-voice-is-protected-in-tiktok-ai-case-10896717",
        "published": "2026-09-30T08:20:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}