Anil Kapoor wins the battle against AI as Delhi High Court issues order to prevent misuse of his image
1 year, 6 months ago

Anil Kapoor wins the battle against AI as Delhi High Court issues order to prevent misuse of his image

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The order refrains people from using any of the actor’s personality traits for commercial purposes or otherwise on public platforms like social media Hindi film actor Anil Kapoor has sought to protect his personality and publicity rights, and in a recent order by Delhi High Court has been passed in his favour. The order refrains people from using any of the actor’s personality traits for commercial purposes or otherwise on public platforms like social media. Anil Kapoor ’s counsel pointed to the unauthorised sale of merchandise, collection of fees by using his photograph as a motivational speaker, morphing his image in a derogatory manner, and selling pictures with forged autographs and the “jhakaas” catchphrase, among others. “Defendants 1 to 16 are restrained from using … in any manner the plaintiff Anil Kapoor’s name, likeness, voice or any other attributes of his personality … for monetary gain or otherwise,” the court ordered.

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Bollywood taking legal route to protect personality rights from AI; but South stars still slow to react
5 days, 21 hours ago

Bollywood taking legal route to protect personality rights from AI; but South stars still slow to react

Hindustan Times  

While artificial intelligence or AI is being celebrated worldwide as a significant game changer in many spheres, one of the industries it impacts tremendously is the creative one. “The practice of including a clause on the use of AI is not widely prevalent in actors’ contracts, and as a legal requirement, producers always seek the permission of actors to do …

Veteran actor Mohan Babu's personality rights protected
3 months ago

Veteran actor Mohan Babu's personality rights protected

Deccan Chronicle  

After Bollywood actors, Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff, veteran Telugu actor Mohan Babu obtained an interim order from the Delhi High Court on Friday protecting his personality and publicity rights. The Court added that irreparable damage may ensue if an order is not passed to restrain others from misusing Babu's personality rights. Further, the defendants have been directed not to …

Delhi HC grants interim protection to Mohan Babu's personality rights
3 months ago

Delhi HC grants interim protection to Mohan Babu's personality rights

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday passed an interim order protecting the personality and publicity rights of Telugu actor Mohan Babu. The court said that without such protection, the actor could face irreparable damage from misuse of his personality rights in the digital landscape. “The defendants, their associates, servants, and related persons are restrained from creating, publishing, or …

Delhi HC Safeguards Journalist Rajat Sharma's personality rights, directs removal of deepfake content
3 months ago

Delhi HC Safeguards Journalist Rajat Sharma's personality rights, directs removal of deepfake content

Op India  

The Delhi High Court has granted senior journalist Rajat Sharma protection over his personality rights, directing the removal of content created through artificial intelligence and deepfake technology. The Court passed an ad interim injunction and also directed Meta Platforms Inc. to immediately block/remove/take down the following impugned content of Defendants and further disclose complete details of Defendants According to the …

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Journalist Rajat Sharma, Orders Take Down Of Deepfake Content
Top News
3 months ago

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Journalist Rajat Sharma, Orders Take Down Of Deepfake Content

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of senior journalist Rajat Sharma and ordered take down of content generated against him through artificial intelligence and deepfake technology. Justice Amit Bansal restrained 8 defendant individuals and entities from directly or indirectly misusing, misappropriating or exploiting the name, likeness, image, voice, photos, videos etc. Justice Amit Bansal restrained 8 defendant …

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Journalist Rajat Sharma, Orders Take Down Of Deepfake Content
Top News
3 months ago

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Journalist Rajat Sharma, Orders Take Down Of Deepfake Content

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of senior journalist Rajat Sharma and ordered take down of content generated against him through artificial intelligence and deepfake technology. Justice Amit Bansal restrained 8 defendant individuals and entities from directly or indirectly misusing, misappropriating or exploiting the name, likeness, image, voice, photos, videos etc. Justice Amit Bansal restrained 8 defendant …

Delhi High Court protects personality rights of Rajat Sharma, orders immediate removal of deepfake content
3 months ago

Delhi High Court protects personality rights of Rajat Sharma, orders immediate removal of deepfake content

India TV News  

In a significant development, the Delhi High Court has granted protection to the personality rights of India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma, ordering the immediate removal of content created through artificial intelligence and deepfake technology that misused his likeness and voice. The court expressed concern over the potential harm caused by fraudulent content, particularly videos that misrepresented Sharma endorsing …

Deepfakes - A growing concern on misuse of personality rights
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Deepfakes - A growing concern on misuse of personality rights

New Indian Express  

Artificial intelligence, especially generative AI, is transforming our interactions with the physical and digital world. In the context of intellectual property rights in India, deepfakes have had a grave negative impact on many artists and celebrities, leading to violations of their privacy and personality rights. However, enforcing personality rights against AI or AI-generated works poses a greater challenge, as action …

Jackie Shroff to Amitabh Bachchan: Why Bollywood celebs are protecting their personality rights?
10 months, 1 week ago

Jackie Shroff to Amitabh Bachchan: Why Bollywood celebs are protecting their personality rights?

India TV News  

Bollywood star Jackie Shroff recently moved to Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality and publicity rights. Before Jackie, several other Bollywood stars have protected their personality rights legally. The use of image, voice and unique style of Bollywood stars is not new, so, why these stars are suddenly protecting their personality rights legally? Apart from him, Anil Kapoor …

Jackie Shroff moves Delhi HC against unauthorised use of his name
10 months, 1 week ago

Jackie Shroff moves Delhi HC against unauthorised use of his name

The Hindu  

Actor Jackie Shroff on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court against the unlicensed use of his name and personality attributes by several entities for commercial gain. Counsel appearing for the actor objected to the "misuse" of his personality and publicity rights through sale of merchandise, ringtones, wallpapers as well as "insulting" memes and GIFs and the use of artificial intelligence. …

Jackie Shroff aka Bhidu takes legal action to protect his personality rights; here are other stars who did the same
10 months, 1 week ago

Jackie Shroff aka Bhidu takes legal action to protect his personality rights; here are other stars who did the same

Hindustan Times  

Jackie Shroff, fondly known as Apna Bhidu, moved the Delhi High Court to protect his name, publicity and personality rights. Celebs who moved court to protect their personality rights Jackie is following in the footsteps of fellow actors Anil Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan, who filed similar lawsuits. In 2022, after hearing Amitabh Bachchan’s petition the Delhi High Court ruled that …

Delhi HC restrains misuse of Anil Kapoor's name, image, voice, and persona traits like ‘jhakaas’ for commercial gain
1 year, 6 months ago

Delhi HC restrains misuse of Anil Kapoor's name, image, voice, and persona traits like ‘jhakaas’ for commercial gain

Hindustan Times  

Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained the misuse of the name, image, voice and other attributes of persona, including the “jhakaas” catchphrase, of actor Anil Kapoor for commercial gain. Anil Kapoor will next be seen in his home production Thank You For Coming Justice Prathiba M Singh passed the ex-parte interim order against several websites and platforms on a lawsuit …

Delhi High Court Protects Actor Anil Kapoor’s Personality Rights, Restrains Use Of His Name, Image Or Voice Without Consent
1 year, 6 months ago

Delhi High Court Protects Actor Anil Kapoor’s Personality Rights, Restrains Use Of His Name, Image Or Voice Without Consent

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor and restrained various entities from misusing his image, name, voice or other elements of his persona for monetary gains without his consent. The court passed interim injunction order in Kapoor’s suit seeking protection of his personality rights. “Defendant Nos.1 to 16 …

Anil Kapoor moves HC seeking protection of his publicity, personality rights
1 year, 6 months ago

Anil Kapoor moves HC seeking protection of his publicity, personality rights

Live Mint  

Delhi High Court on 20 September restrained unauthorized use of actor Anil Kapoor's name, image, voice for commercial purposes. This came after the Bollywood actor moved Delhi HC seeking protection of his name, voice, signature, image rights against infringement on social media and other platforms. As per the ANI report, the actor moved HC over seeking a permanent injunction restraining …

Delhi High Court restrains misuse of Anil Kapoor's name, voice, signature, image
1 year, 6 months ago

Delhi High Court restrains misuse of Anil Kapoor's name, voice, signature, image

India TV News  

Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained the misuse of the name, image, voice and other attributes of persona, including the 'jhakaas' catchphrase, of actor Anil Kapoor for commercial gain. Justice Prathiba M Singh passed the ex-parte interim order against several websites and platforms on a lawsuit by the actor, alleging unauthorised exploitation of his personality and celebrity rights for commercial …

Right To Personality And Its Emergence In India
2 years, 1 month ago

Right To Personality And Its Emergence In India

Live Law  

Right to Personality has recently been in the news as the aspect of the case is concerned with constitutional law and publicity rights. In the case of Shivaji Gaikwad v. Varsha Production, the Madras High court was dealing with a case that was filed by the reputed Indian actor Mr. Rajinikanth and it was observed that ‘although "Personality Rights" is …

Rajnikanth restricts use of his name, voice, image for commercial purpose
2 years, 1 month ago

Rajnikanth restricts use of his name, voice, image for commercial purpose

Live Mint  

Actor Rajnikanth, whose immense popularity has led to people using his actions, scenes, dialogues in advertainments to social media reels. However, in the wake of AI-generated images and videos being used to create deepfake videos of celebrities, Rajnikanth has issued a legal notice against the commercial use of his image, voice, name, or any distinctive elements, which will no longer …

Rajinikanth issues public notice over infringement of rights, warns of legal action
2 years, 1 month ago

Rajinikanth issues public notice over infringement of rights, warns of legal action

India TV News  

South Indian Superstar Rajinikanth has issued a public notice on the infringement of rights and warned of legal action against those who commercially exploit the actor's name, image, voice, etc., without taking his consent. His advocate S. Elambharathi issued a public notice warning civil and criminal proceedings against those who infringe upon the actor's personality, including his voice, image, name, …

Delhi HC restrains use of Amitabh Bachchan’s pictures, voice and name without his consent
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi HC restrains use of Amitabh Bachchan’s pictures, voice and name without his consent

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday passed an interim order restraining persons at large from infringing the personality and publicity rights of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. Mr. Bachchan approached the court seeking an omnibus order protecting his name, image, voice or any of his characteristics without his consent, in any way or form. The order was passed by the Bench …

Amitabh Bachchan seeks security of personality rights, here’s what Delhi HC says
2 years, 3 months ago

Amitabh Bachchan seeks security of personality rights, here’s what Delhi HC says

Live Mint  

Bollywood legend and veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has filed a suit in the Delhi High Court, seeking protection of his image, name, voice, and personality rights. The court, while hearing the actor's petition "against the world at large" today, Friday, November 25, passed an interim order restraining people at large from infringing the personality and publicity rights of the veteran …

Amitabh Bachchan's name, voice, pic can't be used without permission: Delhi HC
2 years, 3 months ago

Amitabh Bachchan's name, voice, pic can't be used without permission: Delhi HC

Hindustan Times  

Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has filed a suit in the Delhi high court against the world at large, seeking protection of his name, image, voice, and personality attributes. Justice Navin Chawla on Friday passed an interim order restraining persons at large from infringing Bachchan's personality and publicity rights. Justice Chawla noted that the defendants were using the veteran actor's celebrity …

Amitabh Bachchan moves Delhi HC against 'illegal' use of his voice, images
2 years, 3 months ago

Amitabh Bachchan moves Delhi HC against 'illegal' use of his voice, images

India TV News  

Amitabh Bachchan moves Delhi HC against 'illegal' use of his voice, images Delhi High Court granted an interim injunction restraining people from violating veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan’s 'publicity rights' as a celebrity. Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has moved Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1596013558873325568?s=20&t=Rs8oDkcsGod2FhM3nujHKg Ruling in Amitabh Bachchan's favour, Justice Navin Chawla said, "It cannot seriously …

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