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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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John Doe Order Issued Against “Taarak Mehta” Infringers: Revisiting the Rights Vested in Fictional Characters

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However, its specific emphasis on protecting certain elements of the whole scheme of copyrighted content, such as fictional characters and the distinctive personas they embody, has been a focal point, contributing substantially to the discourse surrounding the ever-expanding ambit of copyrightability as well as personality rights.

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

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Recently, a copyright infringement suit had been filed before the District Court, Trivandrum, against Facebook India. A copyright holder has the exclusive right to communicate his work to the public and as the plaintiff’s sound recordings were used without authorisation, copyright infringement could be easily proved.

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Recipes Aren’t Copyrightable, No Matter How “Exciting” They Are–Coscarelli v. Esquared

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

If you’re selling your personality rights, make sure you understand the implications!!! Why Are Pizzerias Arguing Whether Web Browsing Is Copyright Infringement?–Imapizza Newspaper Can Talk About “Derby Pies” Without Infringing Trademarks–Rupp v. Book Review: “The Little Book of Foodie Law”.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

Book Review Katfriend Maciej Padamczyk (Herchel Smith Doctoral Researcher, Research Associate QMIPRI) reviewed Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights and Inclusivity , edited by Cristiana Sappa. Furthermore, AGA also discussed a possible copyright infringement in its design.

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

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With further ado, here’s what I found in Novembers: Database Protection in India: Since Prof Basheer’s 2005 post about the inaccurate implication of the theft of data as copyright infringement, to 2023, not much seems to have changed. Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.

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Using High-Quality Content to Close Learning Gaps

Velocity of Content

In Andersen’s district, “We came back in person right after COVID. Whether it’s an eBook or whether it’s a physical book in your hands, you look at that cover, you look at the summary, you try to build some background knowledge at what this could be about.