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[Guest post] Deepfake it till you make it: How does AI relate to postmortem personality rights?

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The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following contribution by Danish Katfriends Jakob Plesner Mathiasen and Thit Nymand Nisbeth (both Gorrissen Federspiel) on the interplay between AI, deepfakes, and personality rights in the form of image/publicity rights. The lights dim, and the film rolls. Think again.

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Vempati Ravi Shankar – Facebook Copyright Dispute: Issues on Moral Rights and Posthumous Enforcement of Celebrity Rights

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The jurisprudence concerning publicity rights for living individuals has been previously examined here , here and here. Let’s see what the various case laws pertaining to the posthumous survival of celebrity rights have held. In 2010, in Kirtibhai Raval v. Can publicity rights survive after a celebrity’s death?

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Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

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From Big-B Baritone to Anil Kapoor’s Jhakaas, the life of Personality rights : Since Shouvik’s 2010 post about Amitabh Bachhan’s concern over the use of his voice to sell Gutka (an addictive substance), we have come to a long way! Sounds “Jhakaas!” see also Sourav Ganguly vs Tata Tea ).

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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[Delhi High Court] On September 20, the Delhi High Court granted relief to film actor Anil Kapoor against the unauthorised use of his image, name, voice, and other traits of his persona for monetary gain, reinforcing his personality rights. Sarl a A Sarogi , where the Court affirmed the position on descendability of publicity rights.

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Right of Publicity Part 2

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the Apex Court held that one of the inherent aspects of the right to privacy as enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution is the right to prevent others from using the person’s name or likeness without his consent for advertising or non-advertising purposes. State of T.N., Entertainment Pvt.

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