If you do in fact have no plan to sell our voices to AI companies, or use it anywhere except on your platform, then the updated contracts you intend to use should reflect exactly that. In case they see this, let me say what I'm sure we are all thinking. Thanks for your concern and feedback! Wehear always puts a high value on the protection of intellectual property rights to any audio content and does not infringe copyrights of audio works, not to mention applying narrators' voices to AI-power voice cloning.Based on your queries, Wehear will make adjustments to the contract accordingly afterward to ensure more smooth and sound cooperation between us.If you have any further problems, please don't hesitate to contact us at [ can see the post on their account page in case any doubts about my quoting them. They posted this reply on this thread, but as a new account, it wasn't visible But in any case, I'll be better informed for future jobs and other people who consider working for them might be better informed.įor what it's worth, in case anyone missed it, WeHear created a Reddit account ( u/voicesWeHearFM), seemingly to address our concerns with the contract. In any case, they might choose not to work with me again, simply because I shared these details. So yes, I'm interested in others' opinions and experiences. We asked for some of these points to be clarified/changed, but apparently they refused outright to make any changes. So for example, if they didn't pay the agency for some reason, they could still use our work, whether we were paid or not. Principal or its affiliates has no obligation to make any payment to me."ĭo the above points seem standard to anyone who is more familiar with audiobook recordings? Or has anyone who also works for WeHear been asked to sign such an agreement? To us, it sounds like they are saying that:Ī) they can use our voices for anything they want, such as selling to AI companies,ī) that we have to guarantee the validity of the copyright, even though it's them sending us the material to record, andĬ) if the agency we are all going through ends up going out of business or simply not paying us for whatever reason, they don't owe us jack.
"(My) Agent shall be responsible for the cost of my services under the Agreement. "The Audiobook shall be personally narrated by myself, and I represent and warrant that my narration shall not infringe on the rights of any third party.
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"To the extent the Audiobook or any narration by me is not or cannot be owned by the Principal and/or its affiliates, I hereby grant the Principal a perpetual, irrevocable, exclusive and royal-free license to use my narration for any purposes whatsoever throughout the universe." I'm usually the first to ask for contracts, but this one just seemed a little too in their favour, with no protection for the talent. About 5 hours work, just-ok pay, but something different to try so I wanted to give it a shot (I do more educational materials and voiceover stuff usually.)Īfter completion, they came back to me and others who work for them (through our agent), and said if we want to keep working with them, we all need to sign a new contract. I recently completed my first audiobook for WeHear (part of Star Reading Company), a platform that sells audio books through their Android/iOS apps. Voiceover Essentials: Find great VO gear! Well respected and fair rates.ĪCX (Audiobook Creation Exchange): For those interested in audiobook work, and working with authors to get published on Audible.ĬastingCall.Club: Casting projects of all kinds, from hobbyists to pros.
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