aceAnanya Panday gets Bombay High Court protection against AI deepfakes and unauthorised use of photos
Ananya Panday gets Bombay High Court protection against AI deepfakes and unauthorised use of photos Bollywood News: Latest Bollywood News, Bollywood News Today, Bollywood Celebrity News, Breaking News, Celeb News, Celebrities News, Bollywood News Hindi, Hindi Bollywood News at Bollywood Hungama.com. The Bombay High Court has granted interim protection to Ananya Panday against the alleged unauthorised use of her name, photographs and other aspects of her identity across digital platforms. The order also directs…
In brief
The Bombay High Court granted Ananya Panday ad-interim protection on Thursday, November 5, against the alleged unauthorised use of her name, photographs and other aspects of her identity on digital platforms. Justice Madhav Jamdar also directed removal of objectionable content, including AI-generated images and video clips, allegedly circulated without her consent.
The court found a prima facie case that the content appeared to violate her right to privacy, right to publicity, moral rights and right to live with dignity. The order is interim, and the matter will proceed further before the court.
The ruling is part of a run of similar cases. The same day, the Bombay High Court ordered removal of content about actress Rupali Ganguly, and a day earlier the Delhi High Court protected Kriti Sanon against deepfakes and AI chatbots.
Main points
- Justice Madhav Jamdar passed the ad-interim order on November 5, according to LiveLaw as cited by the article.
- Panday objected to alleged commercial exploitation of her identity and to circulation of unauthorised photographs and AI-generated content.
- The court said the alleged use appeared to violate her rights to privacy, publicity, moral rights and dignity.
- On the same day, the Bombay High Court ordered removal of content about Rupali Ganguly, except for one entity whose matter was considered separately.
- The Delhi High Court gave Kriti Sanon interim protection a day earlier, covering AI deepfakes, sexually explicit morphed content, impersonating accounts, AI chatbots and synthetic voice models.
- Anil Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan previously obtained similar relief, and Jackie Shroff, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Allu Arjun have also gone to court.
The problem
Actress Ananya Panday told the Bombay High Court that products and platforms used her photographs and AI-generated images and videos without permission, and the court ordered the material removed on an interim basis.
The full story
Panday's plea said several products and online platforms used her photographs and AI-generated images and videos without her permission. The court ordered the removal of the material identified in the plea.
Rupali Ganguly told the Bombay High Court that several online portals used her photographs and video clips without authorisation, and she raised concerns about deepfake and AI-generated material allegedly made for commercial purposes. The court directed the respondents to remove the disputed content.
In Kriti Sanon's case, the Delhi High Court ordered removal of identified URLs and restrained the defendants from creating similar material. It said legitimate news reports, reviews, criticism, commentary, satire, parody, caricatures and fan expression were not covered by the restrictions.
Sources
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