Chinese face-licensing platforms for AI short dramas (unnamed) and ordinary people and professional actors licensing their faces: price range, face and portrait rights for use in AI-generated short video
100 to 500 yuan per AI short video for ordinary people; several thousand up to 10,000 yuan for professional actors; highest single listing 6,000 yuan (elderly man)
Dated 16 Oct 2026Source checked 16 Oct 2026Basis: reported
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“For ordinary people, the usage fee of their portrait in an AI short video is roughly 100 to 500 yuan.”
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36Kr, checked 16 Oct 2026
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