![]() ![]() ![]() Things go completely off the rail with Gura-Eini’s other claims. Nuance had the rights to Gura-Eini’s voice, so Apple was under no legal obligation to remove the recordings just because she didn’t want the company to use them. Apple’s response to the lawsuit points out it licensed the recordings of Gura-Eini’s voice from Nuance Communications. First off, it appears the claim against Apple for unauthorized use is bogus. Earlier this year, Gura-Eini approached Apple requesting her voice be removed from the Siri app, but the request was denied.īut things get significantly stranger as her claims continue. Gura-Eini claims she was surprised to learn she was now the voice of Siri when the app launched in Hebrew in 2016. Israeli radio broadcaster and voice artist Galit Gura-Eini, the voice of Waze’s first female navigation directions in Hebrew, alleges that Apple has been using her voice recordings without authorization. At first brush, it seems like she might have a legit legal complaint on her hands. This one, filed by Israeli radio broadcaster Galit Gura-Eini, is one of the weirdest. ![]() We cover a lot of weird and pointless lawsuits here at Techdirt.
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