Why ElevenLabs requires consent of a person before voice cloning, whereas several other platforms don’t require this? Is this just a private policy of ElevenLabs?
So they don’t get sued. CYA
From my knowledge, it’s not directly forbidden yet. But it’s likely there will be laws around this topic and Eleven Labs wants to be ahead of it.
Also by having a system now allows Eleven Labs to influence politicians by saying their current system is good and should be the law, preventing the law from being more strict then they would like. (this is why companies like Apple tried to launch their ‘repair program’ before the actual laws were implemented, to steer the direction)
Given that vocal rights have been a thing should, it is likely that ElevenLabs can read the writing on the wall and see potential copyright infringement claims in the future.
Also, AI cloning tools have been used to commit crimes, so I can see ElevenLabs not wanting to become an inadvertent accessory to fraud.
I would say it is a private policy. If there is a court case and they are called to defend why their platform something to happen they can point to the policy and say not our problem.