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Synthetic Singers and Voice Theft: BomHC protects Arijit Singh’s Personality Rights [PART II]

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Codible Ventures LLP that has initiated a judicial discussion on the protection of artists’ personality rights against the unauthorised use of their voices by AI tools. This decision is likely to influence future legal standards on personality rights and the application of emerging technologies.

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry clarifies Current IPR Regime Sufficient for AI Works Protection

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Whether the government has taken any steps to address concerns raised by creative writers and artists in their lawsuits against AI-powered Large Language Models, especially regarding issues such as the source of training, systematic theft, violation of moral rights, threat to livelihoods, and royalty payment. Is It Though?

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

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As time passed, several developments happened on this front and there were brilliant posts on the blog, e.g. by Mrinalini Kochupillai , Prof. (Dr.) While there has always existed an arguable case for personality rights in India, the winning stakes have gotten higher and clearer over the years. Trivedi , Mr. Essenese Obhan.

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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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Synthetic Singers and Voice Theft: BomHC protects Arijit Singh’s Personality Rights [PART I]

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Codible Ventures LLP , marking a big step in the protection of artists’ personality rights against the unauthorised use of their voices by artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Second , in different places, the Court has used the language “Personality rights and right to publicity”.

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Anil Kapoor Vs Simply Life India & Ors: An Unwavering Assurance In Safeguarding Personality Rights Against Ai

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ABSTRACT There has been a dramatic increase in the commercial use of celebrity personalities by people not authorized to do so compared to the earlier times. Protecting personality rights has become a growing problem in India due to deepfakes, morphed pictures, etc. Interesting right? Puttaswamy v.

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Bombay High Court Upholds Celebrity Personality Rights Against AI Exploitation: An Analysis of Arijit Singh v. Codible Ventures LLP and Others

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Codible Ventures LLP and Others , the Bombay High Court addressed a legal dispute of infringement of personality rights through the use of AI. The suit also involved a claim for the violation of his moral rights under Section 38B of the Copyright Act, 1957. In a recent judgment in the case of Arijit Singh v.