Humans of Bombay organisation is being brutally trolled after the copyright infringement case backfired on social media. The platform began as a Facebook Page in 2014 by founder Karishma Mehta. The recent controversy started when the organisation filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court against an online storytelling portal ‘People of India’ for copyright infringement.
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A little while after that Humans of New York founder Brandon Stanton took to ‘X’ and shared his opinion on India-based storytelling. He accused them of copying his idea of Humans of New York. Also, he criticised the company for filing a lawsuit against another storytelling platform. Brandon’s statement did not only bring in criticism for the organisation but it was also accompanied by trolls.
Many people came forth and brutally trolled the organisation on ‘X’.
Everybody and everybody's uncle now talking of issues they had with Human of Bombay. Ironically never before they stated any of this, but now of course is the time.It's telling no, everybody pouncing the moment someone goes down. Very village folk burning witches on stake…— Abijit Ganguly (@AbijitG) September 24, 2023
Humans of Bombay is just another ‘woke’ & ‘cool’ organisation that has been given unnecessary fame by the people. #Watch: mocking & disrespecting the National Anthem is also cool for them. pic.twitter.com/nveqJbZAZC— Diksha Verma (@dikshaaverma) September 24, 2023
Adibas telling Adidas they're "shocked" and that one shouldn't blame them for suing Abidas https://t.co/5tPKukH6R2— June Paul (@journojuno) September 23, 2023
humans of bombay employees pic.twitter.com/TMz8yzrmV5— vipin (@djfrankkie) September 24, 2023
One person also shared how Humans of Bombay’s ‘X’ bio is copied from Humans of New York.
Intellectual property — one story at a time. pic.twitter.com/bRfxs4KpMk— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) September 23, 2023
The trolls did not just stay confined to the organisation but also looped in founder Karishma Mehta. Many people called her out for promoting toxic workspace environment. “Don’t even get started on the toxic work culture at that place: there are employees who’ve quit citing harassment, abuse, lack of pay, and punishing work hours. A cheap ripoff sitting on the moral high horse is peak South Bombay entitlement. Hope it comes out one day,” wrote an ‘X’ user.
Humans of Bombay should do a story on how #KarishmaMehta 's left ear survived that earring pic.twitter.com/3ohJmdigUk— Soirse INDIA (@SaoirseAF) September 24, 2023
Karishma Mehta Humans of Bombay behen bhagwaan se toh darr— Ria Chopra (@riachops) September 23, 2023
just found out humans of bombay have sued some page for copyright infringement LMAO have some shame karishma mehta— vita (@kebabandcoke) September 23, 2023
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HOB is an Indian photoblog website which features the most wholesome stories about the people residing in the metropolitan city. It covers a mixed bag of stories that best emulate the spirit of the city.
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