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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, 20235 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 30, 20234 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
Sep 29, 20233 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
Jul 7, 20235 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, 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 30, 20234 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 29, 20235 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 28, 20234 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

Mohammed Shadab
Jan 29, 20229 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
Oct 7, 202110 min read


India's New War History Policy is Good News for the Content Industry
India's new war history policy provides for planned declassification of military records.

Mohammed Shadab
Jul 7, 20218 min read


Jay-Z's Legal Battle for his first Hip Hop Album shows NFTs are outside of Copyright Law
NFTs may not enjoy protection under copyright law as they do not result in the creation of a copy or a different form of a work.

Ashwini Sharma
Jul 6, 20214 min read


What constitutes moral rights of an author or a performer?
Moral rights is an umbrella term that constitutes of several individual special rights.

Ashwini Sharma
Apr 26, 20214 min read
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