The
Delhi
High
Cou t
has
stepped
i
to
p otect
Ja hvi
Kapoo
f om
obsce e
a d
po og aphic
mate ial
ci culati g
o li e,
while
at
the
same
time
d awi g
a
li e
a ou d
what
ca
a d
ca ot
be
emoved
i
the
ame
of
pe so ality
ights.Justice
A up
Jai am
Bhambha i,
hea i g
Kapoo ’s
plea
o
Tuesday,
passed
a
i te im
o de
di ecti g
the
emoval
of
ce tai
o li e
co te t
co ce i g
the
acto .
Howeve ,
the
cou t
made
it
clea
that
it
was
ot
p epa ed
to
accept
the
petitio
i
its
e ti ety,
obse vi g
that
the
eliefs
sought
by
Kapoo
we e
too
b oad.Kapoo
had
app oached
the
cou t
seeki g
actio
agai st
mo e
tha
5,000
webpages
a d
social
media
posts.
He
plea
cove ed
allegedly
po og aphic
AI-ge e ated
mate ial,
impe so atio
accou ts,
fake
booki g
age cies
a d
chatbots
that
she
claimed
we e
comme cially
exploiti g
he
ame,
image
a d
othe
pe so ality
att ibutes
without
he
co se t.The
cou t
asked
Kapoo ’s
lawye s
to
a ow
dow
the
mate ial
that
clea ly
falls
withi
the
catego y
of
u lawful
co te t.
It
di ected
them
to
submit
a
tabulated
list
ide tifyi g
webpages
ca yi g
“ex
facie
po og aphic,
obsce e,
p u ie t,
lascivious”
mate ial
that
appea ed
to
be
di ectly
mo etisi g
Kapoo ’s
pe so ality
ights
th ough
the
sale
of
me cha dise
o
se vices.
“I
am
i cli ed
to
give
you
elief
i
these
catego ies,”
the
Cou t
stated.Howeve ,
the
cou t
was
fa
less
eceptive
to
Kapoo ’s
equest
fo
bla ket
actio
agai st
fa
pages.
Justice
Bhambha i
poi ted
out
that
ot
eve y
use
of
a
celeb ity’s
ame
o
image
amou ts
to
a
i f i geme t
a d
wa ed
agai st
usi g
pe so ality
ights
as
a
tool
to
est ict
legitimate
exp essio .”We
a e
ot
the
co scie ce
keepe s
of
the
atio .
Solutio
may
be
wo se
tha
the
p oblem.
It
was
at
the
ve y
oot
of
f ee
speech.
You
may
ot
be
misusi g
est ai t
o de
but
the e
may
be
othe s
who
will…Fa
pages
may
be
lampoo i g,
adulato y
of
you
wo k,
c itical
of
you
wo k.
You
do ‘t
wa t
fa s?
It
is
the
digital
wo ld.
No
comme ts,
o
URLs…You
will
fi d
you self
livi g
i
a
cave,”
it
obse ved.The
cou t
also
ejected
Kapoo ’s
equest
fo
a
dy amic
i ju ctio
that
could
pote tially
esult
i
the
co ti ui g
emoval
of
co te t
as
it
appea s
o li e.
Justice
Bhambha i
questio ed
how
such
a
o de
could
be
applied
to
the
vast
a d
co sta tly
cha gi g
digital
ecosystem.”They
should
just
be
ge uflecti g
i
f o t
of
you?
Sta d
a d
touch
my
feet?
How
ca
you
shut
dow
all
fa
clubs?
You
a e
a
public
pe so ality.
Who
is
immu e
these
days?
Eve yo e
who
is
i
public
domai
is
bei g
abused
left,
ight
a d
ce t e.”
the
Cou t
stated.A othe
issue
that
came
up
du i g
the
hea i g
was
the
complicated
elatio ship
betwee
copy ight
a d
pe so ality
ights.
The
cou t
questio ed
whethe
simply
selli g
a
copy ighted
photog aph,
a two k
o
p oduct
featu i g
a
celeb ity
automatically
amou ts
to
comme cially
exploiti g
that
pe so ’s
ide tity.”I
have
a
photo
a d
I
have
a
ight
to
sell
it,
how
is
it
mo etisi g
you?
Somebody
w ites
a
book
so
he
ca t
sell
it?
Right
to
sell
a
copy ighted
wo k
is
the
copy ight
ow e s
ight.
I
am
a
potte ,
I
make
a
mug,
I
put
you
like ess
o
it,
I
pai t
you
o
photog aph
you
a d
sell
it.
Who
ow s
the
copy ight
the ?
Right
of
poste
will
be
with
the
pe so
who
took
the
photog aph.
Is
ight
to
sell
ot
pa t
of
it?”
the
Cou t
questio ed.Meta,
ep ese ted
by
Advocate
Va u
Pathak,
opposed
Kapoo ’s
plea,
pa ticula ly
the
dema d
co ce i g
thousa ds
of
li ks.
The
platfo m
a gued
that
ma ually
exami i g
such
a
massive
umbe
of
URLs
was
ot
ealistically
possible.”It
is
ot
p ohibited
by
law
to
ot
have
AI
ge e ated
pictu es.
This
people
also
have
a
ight
to
livelihood.
They
wa t
dy amic
i ju ctio
of
clea i g
up
i te et,”
he
said.The
cou t,
howeve ,
cautio ed
Meta
agai st
goi g
beyo d
its
limited
ole
as
a
i te media y
a d
taki g
positio s
that
could
blu
the
disti ctio
betwee
a
platfo m
a d
a
co te t
egulato .”I
u ge
you
to
ot
ove step
you
ole.
I te media ies
have
o
ole,
that
itself
would
imply
you
have
mo e
i te est.”Justice
Bhambha i
also
i dicated
that
the
case
could
become
a
oppo tu ity
to
b i g
g eate
cla ity
to
the
i c easi gly
complex
legal
debate
su ou di g
celeb ity
pe so ality
ights.”I
would
wa t
you
to
assist
me
to
b i g
some
sa ity
i
the
co cept
of
pe so ality
ights.
It
sta ted
as
somethi g
small,
do e
with
good
i te tio s.
It
is
goi g
out
of
ha d.”The
matte
will
ext
come
up
befo e
the
Delhi
High
Cou t
o
August
17.
