Overview
- Huit performers who voice stars such as Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie sent formal notices to Voice Dub and Fish Audio alleging their voices were cloned and sold without consent.
- They documented the presence of the disputed models via a court officer and demand removal of all cloning models exploiting their voices, with €20,000 in damages for each actor.
- The challenge focuses on paid text-to-speech catalogs offering recognizable voices, with reports that public figures like Emmanuel Macron and Kylian Mbappé also appear among available options.
- The companies had not responded to requests for comment at the time of reporting, according to the actors and their lawyer, Jonathan Elkaim.
- The legal team argues French intellectual property and privacy protections apply to services marketed to French users, as industry groups and the Touche pas à ma VF collective push for tighter AI safeguards.