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How to license your voice to AI safely
License your voice without signing it away. Bounded terms, revocation, and the laws now written for voice cloning.
Updated 2026-10-27 · 6 min read
Speech-data licensing and synthetic voice replication are different uses. Before evaluating any proposal, identify whether it concerns recordings for tasks such as speech recognition or a system intended to imitate an identifiable person.
Fiund’s standard terms prohibit synthetic voice or likeness replication. It is not an optional service made available by adding consent. This guide concerns assessing existing recordings for permitted speech-data uses, not selling a voice clone.
Name the intended use
Ask what the recordings will be used for, who may receive them and which restrictions apply. Speech recognition, diarization and replication of a speaker are not interchangeable purposes. A generic AI-use label is not enough to explain the scope.
The proposed licence and source permissions need review together. Do not assume an appearance release, a podcast guest agreement or a public upload automatically authorizes every downstream use.
Know what Fiund’s standard model provides
Contributors retain ownership and authorize licensing through the applicable standing agreement. Fiund’s standard buyer licences are non-exclusive. There is no deal-by-deal contributor approval or countersignature process.
Contributors can withdraw content from future licensing under the applicable terms; do not present this as an automatic reversal of rights already granted under an existing buyer licence. Read the agreement for the actual process and effects.
Prepare the recording, not a marketing claim
Describe original files, language, speaking conditions, channels, unique duration and transcript availability. Identify other speakers, music and third-party inserts that need review.
Keep original and processed files distinct. A denoised export or transcript can be useful, but does not establish source authority, speaker identity or permission for replication. Do not promise a universal price based on an attractive voice.
Use a reviewed assessment path
Begin with a description and permission status rather than identity documents or private recordings. Fiund can review whether there may be a permitted fit before samples or scope are discussed.
Assessment is not a purchase, open recording assignment or guaranteed royalty. Pay unit, accepted material, compensation and payment timing follow the actual agreement; a buyer licence value is not automatically your payout.
Frequently asked questions
Does Fiund offer voice cloning with extra consent?
No. Synthetic voice or likeness replication is prohibited under the standard terms.
Do contributors approve every buyer deal?
No. Licensing follows the applicable standing contributor agreement.
Does withdrawal revoke past licences automatically?
Do not assume that. The agreement defines withdrawal from future licensing and its effects.