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Mango, in turn, sustained in its defence that (i) as the rightful owner of the physical Paintings, it was entitled to display them in public, and that (ii) the creation of digital works (i.e. Therefore, the moralright of “disclosure” had already been exhausted. an exploitation that caused them no harm).
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Simply Life India (2023) (“Anil Kapoor”) (in paragraph 53), wherein the Court, had ruled in favour of safeguarding the distinct personality rights of celebrities, including the rights of endorsement and privacy, against widespread online exploitation and unauthorised commercial use.
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Oral or written publication, in any manner, of material that violates a person’s right of privacy; f. It excluded knowing violation of the rights of another, and injury “arising out of the infringement of copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights.
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infringement of the creator’s exclusive right to reproduce and/or prepare a derivative work) or VARA/moralrights (i.e., For the most part, liability may be avoidable: museums could defend any copyright (e.g., The legal concerns aside, the use of AR and VR in museums arguably benefits the public.
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are typically objected to on the grounds of personality rights (publicity rights, celebrity rights, by other names), privacy and (to a limited extent) defamation. Such treatment usually amounts to violations of the moralrights of the author.
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Moreover, both in the EU and the US, privacy laws also come into play alongside intellectual property protections. However, this order is bound to attract attention for rightly emphasising the importance of safeguarding personality rights in the digital age, where AI tools can easily replicate a celebrity’s personal attributes.
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