> So if you trained a model with tall, deep-voiced Austrian man, you could probably get something that people will immediately associate with Arnold without actually being his voice, or someone emulating him. //
I think "passing off", an unregistered element of trademark laws, may be pertinent here. If the public think that there's an association and you're knowingly trading on that, even if the public are wrong, then you can be 'passing off' your output as someone else's goods/services/[vocal renditions].
It's likely you'd have to be very careful about use of copyright material for training the voice (eg extracting metrics that describe the voice). Fair Use might apply in USA though (even commercially).
I think "passing off", an unregistered element of trademark laws, may be pertinent here. If the public think that there's an association and you're knowingly trading on that, even if the public are wrong, then you can be 'passing off' your output as someone else's goods/services/[vocal renditions].
It's likely you'd have to be very careful about use of copyright material for training the voice (eg extracting metrics that describe the voice). Fair Use might apply in USA though (even commercially).
IANAL, this is not legal advice.