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Synthetic media & digital replicas · Specialist

Digital replica

ELI5

A computer-made copy of a person’s face, body, voice or performance.

Used in conversation

“The contract must say whether a digital replica of the performer can be created or reused.”

Definition

A digital representation of a person’s voice, face, body or performance capable of being used in new content.

Here “Digital replica” means: A digital representation of a person’s voice, face, body or performance capable of being used in new content.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Digital replica” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains access, language adaptation, care, provenance and emerging synthetic-media responsibilities.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Connected terms

  • Voice cloneA digital replica reproduces a person’s identity or performance broadly; a voice clone specifically reproduces vocal identity.
Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.