What are Personality Rights? The rise of Celebrity Lawsuits Explained
This article explains the concept of personality rights and how a surge in celebrity lawsuits is reshaping the law on identity, privacy, and digital misuse in India.
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‘AI tools infringe individual’s right to control and protect their own likeness/voice’; Bombay HC grants ad-interim injunction in favour of Arijit Singh to protect his personality rights
Making AI tools available that enable conversion of any voice into that of a celebrity without their permission constitutes a violation of their personality rights and such tools facilitate unauthorized appropriation and manipulation of a celebrity’s voice, which is a key component of their personal identity and public persona.
‘Privacy, publicity and personality rights not heritable’; Delhi High Court refuses to stay “Nyay : The Justice” movie based on Sushant Singh Rajput
“The rights ventilated in the plaint, that is, the right to privacy, the right to publicity and the personality rights which vested in Sushant Singh Rajput, were not heritable. They died with his death. The said rights, therefore, did not survive for espousal by the plaintiff.”
[Online Fantasy Sports] Delhi High Court refuses injunction sought against Mobile Premier League and its app ‘Striker’
The Court opined that the NFT Player Cards are in fact ‘in-game’ assets to be used for enhancing the experience of playing the game.