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Some AI platforms will pay you to let other people use a model of your voice. Their own terms decide who consents to each use, how you get paid and what survives if you pull out. Here is what ElevenLabs and Kits.ai actually say, as read on 24 Oct 2026, and what to check before you sign up.
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Copyright protects your recordings, not your voice. What protects the voice itself is a patchwork of state laws, court orders and platform rules. Here is what each one covers as of 24 Oct 2026, the takedown routes that work today, and what to do before anyone clones you.
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Bombay High Court orders have shielded Arijit Singh and Asha Bhosle from AI voice clones, but the government committee drafting India's AI-copyright rules has not met since June, and its plan would let AI firms train on recordings without permission. Famous voices have a remedy; everyone else is waiting.
Artist rightsvia Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
Mexico changed its Federal Copyright Law and Federal Labor Law in May 2026. A performer's voice and image are now protected against AI clones, a payment for one use no longer counts as consent to others, and work contracts must set the terms and pay for any AI use. This is already law, not a bill, but the exceptions are worded more loosely than the headlines suggest.
Artist rightsvia Diario Oficial de la Federación
Denmark's culture minister tabled bill L 49 on 8 Oct 2026. It would bar sharing realistic digital imitations of a person's voice, face or other features, or of a performer's performance, without consent, from 1 Jan 2027. It is not law yet. The detail that matters most for singers is in the explanatory notes: the person who publishes the imitation has to prove consent.
Artist rightsvia Folketingstidende (Danish Parliament)
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