Author(s)

Guo Yukun ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Law School, Qinghai Minzu University, Xining, Qinghai, 810007, China

Corresponding Author

Guo Yukun

ABSTRACT

With the rapid iteration of digital and intelligent technologies, human voice has evolved from a traditional communication medium into a digital personality identifier that embodies both personal dignity and economic value. Deepfake technology has given rise to new types of infringement such as digital reconstruction of voice. Taking China's first AI voice infringement case as an example, this paper analyzes the voice protection rule stipulated in Article 1023 of the Civil Code, and finds obvious regulatory deficiencies in respects including the interpretive boundary of mutatis mutandis application for voice protection, the identifiability standard, the allocation of the burden of proof, and the damages mechanism. Based on the existing referential protection rules and the dual jurisprudential attributes of voice concerning personal dignity and property value, this paper proposes improvement approaches: clarifying the interpretive boundary of mutatis mutandis application, establishing a unified identifiability standard, optimizing evidentiary rules, and perfecting the dual compensation mechanism. It aims to respond to the practical demands for personality right protection in the digital and intelligent era and provide beneficial reference for relevant theoretical and institutional construction.

KEYWORDS

Digital and intelligent era; voice rights; referential protection by portrait rights; conception of protection paths

CITE THIS PAPER

Guo Yukun. Conception of the Path for Applying Portrait Right Protection Rules to Voice Rights by Reference—Taking China's First AI Voice Infringement Case as the Starting Point. Science of Law Journal (2026). Vol. 5, No. 2, 14-22. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.23977/law.2026.050203.

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