AI Futures: how artificial intelligence will change music.

The sound of the voice itself is not covered by copyright law. The reason you can impersonate someone with deepfake audio is because there are only two protected objects in copyright law – the musical work and the sound recording. The musical work refers to the song – notes, chords and lyrics. And the sound recording protection can only be applied to a specific track. This means deepfake audio is a grey area, as the voice isn’t considered [by law] as a part of the composition.