HIGH COURT OCTOBER 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Stories on Humans of Bombay; Obscenity; Bigg Boss Series Broadcasting; Sarpanch elections and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Humans of Bombay
Humans of Bombay cannot claim copyright on images, photographs or videos; Delhi High Court refuses injunction against People of India
The present suit relates to the idea of a storytelling platform, there can be no monopoly over the running of such a platform. However, all such platforms that share stories about various individuals/subjects would be attaching/incorporating their own creative ways to communicate and disseminate the said stories, which constitute the expression. Such expression is protectable under Copyright law.
‘Photographs are identical/imitative’; Delhi High Court issues notice to ‘People of India’ portal in a copyright infringement suit by ‘Humans of Bombay’
“The portal, People of India is approaching the very same subjects who are shown on the website, Humans of Bombay, in order to create an imitative platform.”