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Ashwini Sharma
Feb 28, 20247 min read
Understanding ‘Enhanced’ Intermediary Due Diligence in light of latest regulatory developments concerning ‘Deepfakes’.
Advancement of computer mediated technology has made it possible to create videos impersonating personalities and objects that are...
Ashwini Sharma
Jan 17, 20242 min read
Time for Usage Control Regulations to Stop Smartphone Addictions?
Smartphone addictions could become a public health issue if the upcoming generation becomes hooked to mobile devices used as kid management
Ashwini Sharma
Jan 6, 20244 min read
Time to kill the term 'OTT', and use 'Online Media' or 'Digital Media' instead?
OTT is a misnomer that ought to be discarded in place of the alternate, 'digital media' as it is viable in its own right.
Ashwini Sharma
Jan 4, 20242 min read
Producer's immunity for inadvertent omission of credits is unfit in copyright contracts for OTT releases
Producer's immunity for inadvertent omission of credits is unfit for OTT releases.
Ashwini Sharma
Sep 30, 20235 min read
Determining the Author in an AI Generated Work*
Legal challenges under the copyright regime in treating a human as the author of an AI generated work
Ashwini Sharma
Sep 30, 20235 min read
AI Generated Output may fail the Test of Originality*
Copyright protection is available if in addition to labour and capital, non-trivial skill and judgement is also applied.
Ashwini Sharma
Sep 30, 20234 min read
AI Generated Output Should Not be Granted Copyright Protection*
Copyright's economic principle and requirement of human authorship is the fundamental basis to questioning the copyrightability of AI works
Ashwini Sharma
Sep 29, 20233 min read
Humans of Bombay's Copyright Infringement lawsuit could advance Copyright Jurisprudence in India*
Human's of Bombay's copyright infringement lawsuit, format rights and the forgiveness that wasn't there.
Ashwini Sharma
Aug 1, 20233 min read
Regulatory Approaches for Video Gaming Law for protecting Kids
Regulatory Approaches for balancing public interests in keeping minors away from harm and business interests for growth
Ashwini Sharma
Jul 7, 20235 min read
Understanding Copyright Infringement: Key Insights & Lessons from Enthiran's case
Deep dive into Enthiran's case to understand copyright infringement and examine key evidence required to prove infringement
Ashwini Sharma
Apr 30, 20234 min read
Did the Delhi High Court just invalidate the business of digital collectibles?
A recent decision by an Indian court discusses NFTs while clarifying that publicity rights of celebrities are not absolute
Ashwini Sharma
Apr 30, 20233 min read
Using NFTs as a feature is less likely to infringe third party publicity rights
Indian judgment holds that using NFTs as a feature for playing a fantasy game won't infringe publicity rights of cricketers
Ashwini Sharma
Apr 30, 20234 min read
Rario's Terms of Use imply that Users don't own their NFTs
NFT buyers may not really be owning their NFTs purchased on Rario.
Ashwini Sharma
Apr 29, 20234 min read
Are you using NFTs for selling copies of your content or licenses in your content?
Article exploring the legal concepts underpinning how NFTs could be used as gateway to unlock value of digital merchandize.
Ashwini Sharma
Apr 28, 20235 min read
Legal things OFS game devs to consider when using sportspersons' attributes
A quick and easy guide on what OFS game devs should consider while using cricketer's attributes in fantasy sports games
Ashwini Sharma
Apr 28, 20234 min read
Did the Delhi High Court Just Throw Publicity Rights in the Public Domain?
A recent Delhi high court judgment clarifies the scope of publicity rights as a right against unauthorized association.
Ashwini Sharma
Apr 26, 20231 min read
The Tamil Nadu Government Poses A New Boundary for Gambling Games
New Tamil Nadu law on online gambling games poses definitive legal and constitutional challenge.
Mohammed Shadab
Jan 29, 20229 min read
'Ek Jhalak' enough for infringing copyright if a film contains third party IP in the background
Indian copyright law on third party content used in the background of a film or web-series
Ashwini Sharma
Oct 7, 202110 min read
Bollywood's Clip Rights may finally have a saviour in NFTs as they enable Product Differentiation
Bollywood's inability to efficiently monetize clip rights may finally be solved through NFTs.
Ashwini Sharma
Jul 24, 20219 min read
Rebuttals to the argument concerning Anti-Libertarian stance of El Salvador's Bitcoin Law
Salvadorans now enjoy more choices when it comes to payments because they can choose to pay and receive in either USD or Bitcoin.
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