Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25169949-20170530013604

Hey, I was wondering, what is the legal policy on Soundalikes? IE, Vocaloids using no voice clips fromcertain artists but explicitly meant to sound like their voices; IE like one made by a really good; say; Danny Elfman or Tim Curry impersonator? I know there's that Zim one that got banned, but from what I can see it was for copyrighted images along with a couple of other things, so if it didn't use the artist's image but just said "It's meant to sound like [X person]" Would it be allowed?

Secondarily, are there any existing (legal) UTAUloids that sound close to; say; Freddie MErcury; Oingo Boingo-era Danny Elfman, Ronnie James Dio or Tom Waits? Not exact matches mind you, but close enough that it's a decent equivalent? Because I'm legit curious.

Thanks! 