Comment by codemac
2 years ago
This is specifically covered in cases like Midler v. Ford, and legally it matters what the use is for. If it's for parody/etc it's completely different from attempting to impersonate and convince customers it is someone else.
Midler v. Ford is a bit different from CahtGPT in that it was about a direct copy of a Midler song for a car ad, not just a voice sounding similar saying different stuff.
You can hear them here:
Midler version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFVhL0jbutU&t=22s
Car ad https://youtu.be/hxShNrpdVRs
One of male voice actor contractors impersonated Julia Childs for a commercial years ago, writing was in a parodying style. She sued and won.