Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-7171996-20131230151720/@comment-7882956-20170412195657

24.112.109.100 wrote: Hey i know this is probably really late and all but why dont people make a utau voice bank for her, it seems like its possible, but is it legal to make a voice bank for a character like way who doesnt already have one, and if so how come no one ever has. well no one has from my knowlegde, if someone has please tell me i have been wondering for a while. It is legal to make a voicebank for WAY as long as they get permission to do so from the artist (and anyone else involved with her design I guess). WAY isn't licensed by a company People should definitely ask the artist before using a design as a sign of respect (and because it's not nice to take other people's things and use it for something else without asking).

As far as I know in terms of the VOCALOID CHINA contests, Shanghai HENIAN only has rights to the winning and runner up designs. In the past, people have tried to make an UTAU voicebank for Yuezheng Ling, but got in a lot of trouble for it. Ling is owned by SHN and that's breaking copyright. Likewise, people shouldn't be doing it for Zhanyin Lorra...

>if so how come no one ever has.

Probably because people aren't interested in doing one? Or maybe someone DID ask and was denied. If that's the case, people shouldn't make an UTAU bank if the artist is not okay with that.

I can offer an example of a non-winning design becoming an UTAU. One of the finalists for the second VOCALOID CHINA design contest, , became an UTAU known as "Boomco". The artist is still involved with her so obviously they were okay with this. I'm not sure if it was the artist's own idea to make her into an UTAU or it's a collaboration project.