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

IP and Legal Filings

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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Publicity rights in the AI era: Key takeaways from artist Arijit Singh’s recent legal Victory in India

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the Bombay Court recently took a pro-publicity and -personality rights stance in an ex-parte ad-interim order concerning the unauthorized use and cloning of Indian artist Arijit Singh ’s voice by multiple defendants. In essence, Arijit Singh lamented a troubling array of violations of his publicity and personality rights.

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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

Selvam & Selvam Blog

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.

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

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Neela Film”), issued an ex-parte ad-interim injunction against the defendants, including websites, e-commerce platforms, YouTube channels and ‘John Doe’ parties, restraining them from infringing the copyright and trademark of the makers of the popular Hindi television sitcom “Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma” (“TMKOC”).

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Can authors waive their right of attribution?

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Economic rights have been harmonised throughout the EU to a significant extent. Moral rights, however, have not (yet). This means navigating a patchwork of national legislation and court decisions when dealing with international copyright projects. They may not be contrary to accepted principles of morality ( Sec.

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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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In response to a series of unstarred questions regarding copyright infringement by generative AI, directed towards the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri. Whether the government plans to amend the Copyright Act of 1957 to update copyright laws to cover AI-generated content.