DIGITAL IDENTITIES: COPYRIGHT IN THE WORLD OF AVATARS
Abstract What is identity theft in 2026, you say? It’s getting your game character stolen! Gaming and virtual reality are becoming part of everyday life. In gaming, every user creates an avatar that represents them; it serves as a digital identity within the game. They represent the user’s personality and creativity. Video games consist of […]
WHEN COPYCATS GROW WIDELY
Abstract Behind every success, there is an untold story. Some are told and some are not. What if someone comes to break it. This blog goes dive into the copyright act, which protects the authors and other literary and art workers arts. How copying affects the author, is discussed in this blog. Copying is easy, but […]
Who Owns a Prompt’s Output?
The Battle Over AI Authorship The Illusion of Creation You’ve 45 minutes to create the ideal prompt, a particular emotional state or heat, References to Vermeer’s light and Brutalism’s geometry. You press enter and either Midjourney or Google’s Gemeni gives you something that’s truly arresting, that feels like yours in your bones. It’s a true phenomenon. Legal safeguards it implies? Almost certainly not. The biggest psychological […]
Copyright Law and the Digital Creator
What Every Indian Creator Must Know Abstract Every time someone writes a blog post, clicks a photograph, records a song, or draws a sketch a legal right springs into existence without any paperwork, registration, or fee. That right is copyright, and most Indians who create things every day have no idea it belongs to them. […]
Not Quite Infringement!!!
Abstract This blog argues that Indian copyright law may not treat AI training as infringing conduct in the first place. While policy discussions proceed on the assumption that training AI on copyrighted works requires authorisation, this assumption sits uneasily with the structure of Section 14 of the Copyright Act, 1957. The blog examines how AI […]
COPYRIGHT CONUNDRUM: GENERATIVE AI AND BATTLE FOR AUTHORSHIP IN INDIA
Introduction As we enter 2025, disruption on a scale not seen in decades has begun to take place within India’s Intellectual Property (IP) landscape due to the rapid growth of Generative AI (GenAI). GenAI has evolved from being just another cool technology to a key legal opponent. In 2023/2024, the world had many theories on […]
WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC, INC., ET AL. v. SHERMAN NEALY, ET AL.
Citation: 601 U.S. 366 (2024); 144 S. Ct. 1135 Court: Supreme Court of the United States Coram/Judges Majority: Kagan, J. (joined by Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kavananugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ.) Dissent: Gorsuch, J. (joined by Thomas and Alito, JJ.) Abstract This case is about the “discovery rule” and how it interacts with the […]
FAN’S PEN AND AUTHOR’S RIGHTS: COPYRIGHT LAW AND DELICATE BALANCE OF FANFICTION
Introduction Creative writing derived from others is called fanfiction. It shows how much an author loves the book, movie, television show, or any other type of media that sparked the writer’s creativity. In particular, on this website, Archive of Our Own, or AO3 for short, some fanfictions are as popular; as many as half of […]
SIGNALS OF CHANGE: INDIA’S MEDIA ARENA BRACES FOR COPYRIGHT BLACKOUTS, OTT SPENDING CUTS, & ENTRY OF GLOBAL MUSIC GIANT
A disruptive turn for India’s media and entertainment is in the works.
WHEN MACHINES CREATE, COPYRIGHT FALTERS
Explores how AI-generated works challenge originality and human authorship under copyright law, analysing Indian and global legal positions on machine creativity.