US EditionCinema: in France, 4000 Actors Denounce "the Plundering of Ai's Tools in Order"
Around 4,000 French actors warn that unauthorised AI voice cloning threatens artistic rights and livelihoods, urging legal protections for copyright and related rights.
- Some 4,000 French actors published an op‑ed in Le Parisien on February 23rd, 2026, warning that AI is 'plundering' artistic talent just ahead of the César Awards.
- Industry initiatives in recent months have sought to limit AI misuse amid a flood of content replicating artists' voices almost perfectly, while vulnerable performers risk contracts assigning their voices to AI.
- In January eight French voice actors sent formal notices to two US companies over cloned voices without consent, while actors protested in Paris under the slogan 'Touche pas à ma VF' and last week Hollywood figures accused Seedance 2.0 of copyright infringement.
- Signatories demanded a clear legal framework so AI can coexist with artistic work, calling the practice 'organised plundering' and pressing for urgent copyright protections.
- Named signatories included Swann Arlaud, Franck Dubosc and Elodie Bouchez, lending high-profile visibility, and the debate extends internationally as Hollywood heavyweights and industry initiatives weigh in.
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Franck Dubosc, Gérard Jugnot or Léa Drucker are among the 4,000 signatories of a forum denouncing the drifts of AI described as "a devouring hydra".
"The cloning of voices without the permission of actresses and actors becomes legion", denounces a forum published on Sunday.
EXCLUSIVE. The actor and filmmaker Lucien Jean-Baptiste is one of the 4,000 French actors who sign a forum to alert public opinion and public authorities about certain uses of artificial intelligence that threaten to loot their image and voice.
At the dawn of Caesar's 51st ceremony, 4,000 actors, actresses and filmmakers denounce the "disposal in good standing" of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, which reproduce their voices or images, in a gallery published on Sunday.
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