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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

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SHOULD LEX LOCI PROTECTIONIS BE APPLIED BLANKETLY TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? It has been established that lex loci protectionis is the rule that is applied to all the IPR infringement cases, barring a few exceptions. Today, most of the copyright infringement happen through the Internet. Which law to choose then?

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Analysis of OTT Predominance and IPR Violations

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This article covers copyright infringement and related rules for OTT platforms. Authors of creative works are legally granted certain rights known as intellectual property rights (IPRs). The protection of creators’ rights and their intellectual property is the main goal of intellectual property laws.

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Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture by Professor David Vaver – “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond”

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And like McClenaghan’s fictional account of militant pursuit, the history of tension between copyright and user rights has been a tale of survival on the part of both. . It wasn’t until the late 1900s that courts in the UK began to recognize a problem with the tendency towards legal copyright.

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