Found a voice model on Fish Audio that shouldn't be there? Our Voice Ownership Dispute flow now uses live voice verification to help confirm your identity faster. Here's exactly how it works.
Quick Summary
- Go to the model's page → ⋯ menu → Report Model → Copyright Complaint
- Choose whether you're filing as an Individual or an Enterprise / Organization
- Verify your identity (the documents needed differ slightly for individuals vs. organizations)
- Read a short verification sentence aloud, then submit and track the result by email
Note: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. For specific legal questions about your situation, consult a qualified attorney.
Why Fish Audio Built a Dedicated Voice Ownership Dispute Flow
AI voice cloning moves fast, often faster than the identity checks needed to confirm whether a report is legitimate. In the past, a copyright complaint on Fish Audio went into a general support queue, where our team manually verified the claimant's identity against the documents they'd submitted. That works, but it takes time, and every extra day is a day the model in question stays live.
The Voice Ownership Dispute flow narrows that gap. Instead of relying only on submitted documents, it adds a short live voice verification step, so our review team has a clearer, faster signal to work with alongside your evidence. It doesn't replace human review, since a person still reviews every dispute, but it gives them a better starting point.
Fish Audio's Terms of Service prohibit the unauthorized use of another person's voice or likeness, and the Voice Ownership Dispute process described below is how that rule gets enforced in practice: the same steps apply whether the model in question has ten uses or ten thousand.
If you'd rather sidestep this kind of dispute altogether (say, you want a voice for a project but don't want to clone anyone's real voice), Voice Design lets you generate an entirely original voice from scratch, built from parameters you choose rather than a real person's recordings. Read more about how it works.
What Counts as a Voice Ownership Dispute?
A Voice Ownership Dispute is the right filing type when you believe a voice model on Fish Audio was built from your voice, or a voice you hold the rights to, without authorization. This covers both individual voice actors reporting their own voice, and organizations (talent agencies, studios, or labels) reporting on behalf of a voice they represent. In other words, this is the path for an AI voice cloning copyright complaint, not for content that's simply low-quality, mislabeled, or otherwise against community guidelines; those fall under "Other Issues" in the same report menu.
How to Report a Voice Model: Step by Step
Step 1: Open the Report Menu on the Model Page
Go to the model's page and click the ⋯ menu in the top-right area, next to the share and bookmark icons.
Select Report Model, then choose Copyright Complaint from the submenu (as opposed to "Other Issues," which covers non-copyright violations).
Step 2: Choose Your Claimant Type
You'll be asked whether you're filing as an Individual ("I am a creator, individual, or individual's legal representative") or an Enterprise / Organization ("I am filing on behalf of a company, brand, agency, or organization").
This choice determines which documents you'll be asked for next, so pick the one that actually applies: filing as an individual when you're representing a label, for example, will just slow your own case down.
Step 3: Verify Your Identity
What you need here depends on the claimant type you picked in Step 2.
If you're filing as an Individual, you'll fill in:
- Full Legal Name
- Contact Email
- Description (optional, up to 400 characters: background on your ownership claim)
- Supporting Links (optional: your verified social profiles or the original source of the audio)
- Upload Personal ID & Proof (required: a government-issued ID such as a passport, national ID, or driver's license)
If you're filing as an Enterprise / Organization, the form instead asks for:
- Company & Representative Name
- Contact Email (an official corporate address)
- Description (optional)
- Official Website & Rightsholder Links (optional: your company's official catalog or the copyrighted audio source)
- Upload Entity Authorization & Proof (required: your Business License or Certificate of Incorporation, plus a signed Power of Attorney if you're filing on behalf of the rightsholder)
A quick note on what strengthens a claim either way: the more directly your evidence connects your identity to the specific voice in question, the faster it moves through review. A vague description with no supporting material is harder for our team to act on than a specific one with documentation attached.
Step 4: Complete Voice Verification
The last step is a short recording. You'll be shown a sentence (available in English, Chinese, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Korean, and Arabic) and asked to read it aloud.
Before submitting, you'll confirm a declaration that the information provided is accurate to the best of your knowledge, and that you're the rightful owner or an authorized representative of the voice in question. Then click Submit Takedown Request.
Individual vs. Enterprise Filing: What's Different
| Individual | Enterprise / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| Required proof | Government-issued ID (passport, national ID, or driver's license) | Business License or Certificate of Incorporation, plus signed Power of Attorney if filing on someone else's behalf |
| Contact email | Personal email | Official corporate email |
| Best suited for | The voice actor themselves, or their legal representative | Talent agencies, studios, labels, or brands reporting on a voice they hold rights to |
What Happens After You Submit
Once you hit submit, you'll see a confirmation message on screen, and an email follows shortly after confirming we've received your dispute. That email includes a dispute reference ID, worth holding onto since you'll want to quote it in any follow-up with support.
From there, our team reviews the case, and you'll get a second email once a decision has been made. There are two possible outcomes:
- Approved: the model is taken down, and you'll get an email confirming the review found in your favor.
- Dismissed: our team wasn't able to verify the claim based on what was submitted, and you'll get an email explaining that.
If Your Dispute Is Dismissed
A dismissal isn't a final answer: it means the evidence submitted wasn't enough to act on, not that the claim was rejected outright. If you still believe the model in question is a copy of your voice, you can file again with a stronger case. A few things that typically help:
- Add a direct audio comparison: the original recording alongside the model in question, so the similarity is easy to hear, not just assert
- Include additional public documentation connecting you to the voice (credits, announcements, press coverage; the same kind of material described in Step 3)
- Reference your original dispute ID in the new submission's description, so the team has context from the first review
Generally speaking, the more specific and well-documented a resubmission is, the more likely it is to succeed. This isn't a case where filing more often helps; filing with better evidence does. You can file a new dispute the same way, from the model's page, following Steps 1 through 4 above.
Prefer to File Through Support Cases Instead?
The Voice Ownership Dispute flow described above is a copyright takedown request; it's simply the fastest way to file one. Filing through Copyright Complaint on the model's page automatically attaches the Model ID and lets you do a direct voice comparison as part of verification, which gives the review team stronger evidence to work with than a written description alone. This is the path we'd recommend.
A model's page, and its URL, is required either way, whether you file through this flow or manually. If you'd still rather open a case through Support Cases instead, our guide to submitting a DMCA request walks through that process, using the same Model ID.
And if what you're reporting isn't a copyright issue at all (harassment, misleading content, or another community guideline violation), that's handled separately under "Other Issues" in the same report menu.
Where This Fits Into a Bigger Effort
Voice Ownership Dispute isn't a one-off feature. It's part of an ongoing effort to tighten how Fish Audio verifies identity, reviews claims, and gives creators and rightsholders more direct control over how their voice is used on the platform. That work doesn't stop here: as the technology and the legal landscape around AI voices keep evolving, we expect the process itself to keep evolving with it.
If protecting your voice matters to you, there's also a path that doesn't start with a dispute: Fish Audio works with voice actors on official, licensed collaborations. If that's something you'd rather explore, you can reach out at 📧 business@fish.audio with the subject line License Voice.
Sabrina is part of Fish Audio's support and marketing team, helping users get the most out of AI voice products while turning launches, updates, and customer insights into clear, practical content.
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