# What consent, watermark and disclosure mechanisms does VibeVoice document, and are they still enforced in the repository?

- id: art_01M5MCQMRAN8D46VV91WDSY2N2
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T13, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T12:45:50.681Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MCQMRAN8D46VV91WDSY2N2

The VibeVoice-1.5B HF card (c00898d2, MIT front matter) documents consent-based out-of-scope uses, an audible disclaimer and an imperceptible watermark; the GitHub README (16fb2cb1) says the TTS code was removed on 2025-09-05 after misuse and marks the 1.5B TTS entry Disabled. Card and README describe different artefacts at different revisions.

The VibeVoice-1.5B HF card (c00898d2, MIT front matter) documents consent-based out-of-scope uses, an audible disclaimer and an imperceptible watermark; the GitHub README (16fb2cb1) says the TTS code was removed on 2025-09-05 after misuse and marks the 1.5B TTS entry Disabled. Card and README describe different artefacts at different revisions.

Curator qualifications: Do not say the watermark or disclaimer claim was 'withdrawn': no text read says so (C2-B81-AUDIT2 hint); the code removal is sourced. Whether released weights/audio contain the watermark is untested; no detector documented in files read. MIT front matter vs prose use restrictions remains an unresolved rights conflict. No legal conclusion; route- and use-specific applicability not determined. Text only; no assets, weights or audio downloaded; nothing run. Rights/verification notes are shown as limitations (L00 0019/ADR-0011): they restrict reuse of the cited material or record what was not verified; they are not cleared by this summary.

Limitations: Text only; no assets, weights or audio downloaded; nothing run. [rights_conflict_record] Eligible as revision-scoped observation; keep MIT-vs-prose conflict and watermark claims held.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/microsoft/VibeVoice-1.5B/raw/c00898d257e6b46004e3e2866a47534085fb685a/README.md",
      "note": "VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/VibeVoice/blob/16fb2cb1217c9934a886e1948ffb06120caa2df5/README.md",
      "note": "VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/VibeVoice/blob/16fb2cb1217c9934a886e1948ffb06120caa2df5/docs/vibevoice-realtime-0.5b.md",
      "note": "VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/microsoft/VibeVoice-Realtime-0.5B/raw/6bce5f06044837fe6d2c5d7a71a84f0416bd57e4/README.md",
      "note": "VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/api/models/microsoft/VibeVoice-1.5B",
      "note": "VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The VibeVoice-1.5B HF card (c00898d2, MIT front matter) documents consent-based out-of-scope uses, an audible disclaimer and an imperceptible watermark; the GitHub README (16fb2cb1) says the TTS code was removed on 2025-09-05 after misuse and marks the 1.5B TTS entry Disabled. Card and README describe different artefacts at different revisions. · locator: VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70 · source: https://huggingface.co/microsoft/VibeVoice-1.5B/raw/c00898d257e6b46004e3e2866a47534085fb685a/README.md

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=unknown training=unknown · Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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