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1] And since, the creator, consumer and subject of the content are distinctly different-the potential lack of empathy or misapprehension by the consumers towards the subject, based on the creators potrayal, necessitate a discussion of the subjects privacy and personalityrights.
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 personalityrights.
In August, the Constitution and Human Rights Division of the High Court of Kenya issued a decision on the question of image rights and its relationship with privacyrights and data protection laws in Kenya. Background The Petitioner, Wanjiru was an alumna of the respondent, Machakos University. Paragraph 31].
This is a putative class action lawsuit against a people search company for allegedly misusing publicity and personalityrights by displaying images contained in yearbooks. This case addresses the often-relevant question of whether counsel can compromise a client’s rights through use of a site or agreement to a terms of service.
The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).
On the one hand, there are privacy and data protection concerns, as this is a particularly intrusive form of data processing. As a next step, the SPC Provisions enumerate certain activities that infringe the personalityrights and interests of natural persons. Likewise, many regulatory ventures focus on security.
A recent order by a single judge of the Delhi High Court in a litigation demanding an injunction on the release of the film allegedly based around the life of Sushant Singh Rajput (‘SSR’) is another instance of the controversy surrounding the matter. I shall specifically be dealing with the contention around publicity rights.
are typically objected to on the grounds of personalityrights (publicity rights, celebrity rights, by other names), privacy and (to a limited extent) defamation. The integrity right can be exercised by legal representatives of the author as well.
The decisions in the first category , i.e., Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.
Akshat is a practicing litigator working at Saikrishna and Associates. Views expressed here are personal.] “It Protects Their Hard-Earned Reputation” The Claim : Celebrities have valuable personalityrights due to their immense goodwill and reputation. [This three part post is authored by Akshat Agrawal.
In the third part of his three part post on personalityrights, Akshat discusses the real implications of granting broad personalityrights to celebrities. Akshat is a practicing litigator working at Saikrishna and Associates. Part I and II of this post can be accessed here and here.
T Series And Another vs M/S Dreamline Reality Movies on 22 February [Punjab and Haryana High Court] The case concerned the adaptation of late Jaswinder Kaurs biography into a cinematographic film and deals with interplay of copyright with personalityrights. Kaur, the defendants cannot claim infringement of their copyrights.
Akshat is a practicing litigator working at Saikrishna and Associates. Image from here [Part II] The Right to Publicity: 31 Years Since Madow’s Scathing Verdict, Yet…… The Show Must Go On? Adding another layer of protection through publicity rights is unnecessary and potentially harmful to free expression.
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