The Delhi High Court has issued an order recognizing the personality rights of an actor, providing him legal protection against the unauthorized use of his name, image, voice, likeness, and other unique aspects of his identity.
About Personality Rights:
- It refers to the right of a person to protect his/her personality including name, voice, signature, images, or any other feature easily identified as markers of personality.
Court’s Orders
- Restrained Entities: The Court has issued restraining orders against several entities, including:
- Social media profiles
- E-commerce sites
- An AI platform using personality attributes without authorization
- Government Directions: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to instruct telecom and internet service providers to block URLs/links containing infringing material.
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