Copy Accusing Another Copy”: ‘Humans Of Bombay’ Faces Trolling Online

‘Humans of Bombay’ (HOB) is in the eye of a storm on social media after the storytelling platform filed a case against People of India (POI) for copyright infringement of its content. ‘Humans of Bombay’ claimed that POI copied a unique storytelling format, apart from using films from their Instagram account and YouTube channel, without authorisation.

However, reports of HOB filing a case against POI soon sparked a meme fest on X, formerly Twitter, and other social media platforms. And it all started after Brandon Stanton, the founder of Humans Of New York, reacted to the case.

In a post on X, Mr Stanton said that he stayed quiet on the “appropriation of my work because I think Humans of Bombay shares important stories, even if they’ve monetized far past anything I’d feel comfortable doing on HONY”.