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The Interplay of Personality Rights and Freedom of Expression- the Jackie Shroff’s Case’

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However, this article will discuss the reasoning of the court with respect to relief claimed by the Plaintiff against a creator of a YouTube video who compiled the interviews of the plaintiff and depicted his personality as ‘thug life’ The plaintiff contended that such videos portrayed him in a derogatory manner. million views.

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Voice Cloning In the Digital Age: Navigating the Legal Maze of Ai

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The artist further emphasized that he had paid for all required payment for the singers’ voice algorithms and had acquired all the required permissions from their family members. The same is a perfect illustration of how artistic works and technology might coexist in the next few years. Media & Ent.L.J.2024.

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Media Laws, Rights & Privacy Of Celebrities

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Cable, Video & Music Piracies The illegal production and sale of videos/movies are referred to as video piracy. Licensing It denotes that the film is based on a previously published novel, book, or artistic work. However, the industry is still dealing with a slew of legal issues daily. ISSN:1583-6258, Vol.

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IP Issues in The World of Japanese Sequential Art – Manga

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Donjinshiisa self-published fan bookthatuses the existing manga characters violating the personality rights of the characters as was established in the famous caseof V.T. According to the well-settled laws of copyright, it is a blatant mutilation of the rights of an author over their works and the characters they have developed.

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Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? 

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Typeface’ refers to the particular design of letters, numbers, marks and symbols. What we colloquially refer to as ‘font’ is actually the typeface as font changes with the size, italic, bold, and style. The phrase has been placed as a residuary clause to cover works that otherwise fulfil the eligibility of artistic work.

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What Do You “Meme” That’s Copyrightable?

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In Canada, copyright protection is afforded to every original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic work that is fixed. Artistic Work. Memes that contain both artistic and literary components may comprise both an artistic and literary work: originality may exist in their combination.

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Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? Should They?

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In a “Jhakaas” (a slang for fantastic) news for the actor Anil Kapoor, Delhi High Court granted the actor an interim injunction against use/ misuse of his personality rights. Image from here Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? But there is an exception to the exception. Simply none.