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Protecting Software Innovation in India

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Introduction Software refers to a compilation of instructions, data, or programs designed to operate machinery and execute specific tasks. These actions include reproducing, distributing, publicly performing, adapting, translating, making derivative works, creating copies of films or sound recordings, and communicating the work to the public.

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

. §202(a) ] “Fixed” means that the work is embodied in a material object in some permanent form. A work is fixed in either a “copy” or a “phonorecord.” “Phonorecords” are defined as material objects in which only sounds are fixed, while “copies” are defined as material objects in which any other kind of work is fixed. [ 17 U.S.C.

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IPSC: Copyright and Trademark

43(B)log

Courts don’t do really prong one beyond assessing access (not independently assessing copying). Derivative works? Matt Sag: What looks like an increase over time may be an artifact of the way cases became available on WL post-2002 or so. Possibly related to internet adoption. Annemarie Bridy: reproduction right?