You may be seeing the name “Humans of Bombay” or the term “Humans Of Bombay Lawsuit” appear in headlines recently, right? Well, that’s because there is an issue going on with this company, which is a well-recognized storytelling platform based in Mumbai. The reason for all this legal drama in the country? Well, just so you know, the Humans of Bombay claimed that the People of India (another platform within the niche) had imitated or somewhat copied their content without the necessary permission. So, yes, this has something to do with the copyright laws, so, let’s see what the situation is in the courtroom.
How the Humans Of Bombay Lawsuit Started
In the month of September 2023, the group Humans of Bombay submitted a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court, stating that the group People of India had been copying their unique style of storytelling and some creative ideas that were used by them as their expression. The court within the period of 18 September 2023 gave a responding notice of the case to the People of India, who were the accused in the case. When this information became public, well, of course, the case gained a lot of public attention and became one of the hot topics of discussion on the online platform.
So, What Are The Main Allegations?
Humans of Bombay claimed People of India had gone beyond just taking inspiration, but had even copied their stuff sometimes. Karishma Mehta, the founder of Humans of Bombay, pointed out that once they discovered that the People of India had taken credit for their work, they turned to Meta to report on this. And you should know that following this route, Meta removed 16 posts from People of India for copying Humans of Bombay’s content. Humans of Bombay, however, even after attempts to resolve this situation quickly, continued to complain about this copying, and due to this; they eventually turned to lawyers for action.
Public Reaction and Criticism
Brandon Stanton who is the founder of Humans of New York, Humans of Bombay is based on that platform, expressed his opinions when the lawsuit began to spread. He straight out shared on social media where he explained that forgiving Humans of Bombay for using his format was not a big deal to him, so he was just curious about the fact that they decided to sue the others for that which is pretty interesting. Many people issued a counter-attack, notably criticizing Humans of Bombay and Karishma Mehta. Karishma and her crew even got their faces smeared by strange people not only at the debate level but also at a personal level, such as death threats, but they felt that their intellectual property should be protected and thus were determined to remain with their decision, no matter what, and that’s how it should be.
Key Legal Developments
Just so you know, the Humans of Bombay case appeared before the Court of the Delhi High Court on October 11, 2023, which ruled in favor of Humans of Bombay. The court prohibited the People of India from copying or further using any part of the content belonging to Humans of Bombay.