`personas/consent-release-template.txt`

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VOICE RECORDING & LIKENESS RELEASE
Template — REVIEW WITH AN ATTORNEY BEFORE USE
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TEMPLATE NOTICE: This document is a starting point, not legal advice. Voice
cloning rights vary by state (California, Tennessee, New York and others
have right-of-publicity statutes that interact with this in non-obvious
ways). Have a licensed attorney review and adapt this before signing it
with a real contractor or employee.

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VOICE RECORDING, LIKENESS, AND DIGITAL VOICE CLONE RELEASE

This Release is entered into as of ______________ ("Effective Date"), by
and between:

  CONTRIBUTOR:
    Full legal name:  _______________________________________
    Address:          _______________________________________
    Email:            _______________________________________
    Phone:            _______________________________________

  COMPANY:
    Designer Wallcoverings, by Steve Abrams
    15442 Ventura Bl #102, Sherman Oaks CA 91403
    steve@designerwallcoverings.com

1. PURPOSE
   Contributor will provide voice recordings ("Voice Samples") to Company.
   Company intends to use the Voice Samples to create a digital synthetic
   voice ("Voice Clone") via a third-party voice-cloning service (currently
   ElevenLabs, Inc.) for use in Company products and services, including
   but not limited to the application currently known as "CRankd".

2. GRANT OF RIGHTS
   Contributor grants Company a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable,
   transferable license to:
   (a) record, reproduce, and store the Voice Samples;
   (b) submit the Voice Samples to ElevenLabs (and successor or alternate
       voice-cloning vendors selected by Company) for the purpose of
       creating, training, and maintaining the Voice Clone;
   (c) use the Voice Clone to generate synthetic speech in Company
       products, marketing, demos, and customer-facing features; and
   (d) modify, derive, and combine the Voice Clone with other audio.

   This license is exclusive with respect to commercial use of the Voice
   Clone by Company; Contributor retains the right to use their own
   natural voice for any purpose.

3. NAME AND LIKENESS
   Contributor grants Company the right to associate the Voice Clone with
   a stage name or persona name chosen by Company (e.g., "Jill"), which
   may or may not be Contributor's legal name. Company will NOT publicly
   identify Contributor by legal name in connection with the Voice Clone
   without Contributor's separate written consent.

4. COMPENSATION
   Compensation for the rights granted herein is set forth in the
   accompanying Statement of Work / employment agreement, and is
   acknowledged by Contributor as sufficient consideration. If no separate
   compensation document exists, the parties will sign one before any use
   of the Voice Clone in a commercial product.

5. PROHIBITED USES (CONTRIBUTOR PROTECTIONS)
   Company will NOT use the Voice Clone to:
   (a) impersonate Contributor in any context that could reasonably
       deceive Contributor's friends, family, employer, financial
       institutions, or government agencies;
   (b) make political endorsements or political statements;
   (c) generate sexually explicit content;
   (d) generate content that targets, harasses, or defames any
       identifiable individual;
   (e) place outbound calls to recipients who have not provided prior
       express opt-in consent, in violation of the Telephone Consumer
       Protection Act (TCPA) or comparable state law;
   (f) be used in any application that violates the FCC's February 8, 2024
       declaratory ruling regarding AI-generated voices in robocalls.

6. CONTRIBUTOR REPRESENTATIONS
   Contributor represents that:
   (a) the voice in the Voice Samples is Contributor's own natural voice;
   (b) Contributor is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
   (c) Contributor has the full legal right to grant the rights herein and
       is not bound by any conflicting agreement (e.g., union/SAG-AFTRA
       contract, prior exclusive voice deal); and
   (d) Contributor's Voice Samples do not infringe any third-party rights.

7. REVOCATION & DELETION
   Contributor may, at any time, request that Company:
   (a) cease creating new audio using the Voice Clone, and/or
   (b) delete the Voice Clone from ElevenLabs and Company's systems.

   Company will honor the request within thirty (30) days of receipt at
   the revocation email address listed below. Audio already published or
   distributed prior to the request is not subject to recall, but Company
   will not create new audio after the cease date.

   Revocation email: ___________________________________________

8. TERM
   This Release is effective from the Effective Date and continues until
   terminated by either party with 30 days' written notice, or by
   Contributor exercising the revocation right in Section 7.

9. GOVERNING LAW & VENUE
   This Release is governed by the laws of the State of California,
   without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute will be
   resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Los
   Angeles County, California.

10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
    This Release, together with any signed Statement of Work, constitutes
    the entire agreement between the parties regarding the Voice Samples
    and Voice Clone, and supersedes any prior understandings.

CONTRIBUTOR SIGNATURE:

  Signature:  _______________________________________
  Print name: _______________________________________
  Date:       _______________________________________

COMPANY SIGNATURE:

  Signature:  _______________________________________
  Print name: Steve Abrams
  Title:      Owner, Designer Wallcoverings
  Date:       _______________________________________

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