Mirzapur 2 Controversy: The Right to Integrity and Free Speech

Recently, the Amazon Prime web series Mirzapur 2 stirred up controversy over the use of a book as a prop alongwith a voiceover that the author claimed misrepresented his book and tarnished his reputation. In this post, I examine the right to integrity under Indian Copyright law to highlight the free speech issues underpinning these rights as well as their interface with fair dealing considerations. Facts The second season of Mirzapur includes an episode wherein actor Kulbhushan Kharbanda is shown…
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