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Born to be authors: the copyright of the child

Kluwer Copyright Blog

There are difficulties in evaluating whether a pile of toys left on a rug in the living room by siblings preparatory to play-time projects after a day at school is a work of art ( Lucasfilm Ltd & Ors v Ainsworth & Anor [2008] EWHC 1878 (Ch)).

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The concept of quotation according to the Italian Supreme Court: yet another example of the failure in the harmonization of EU copyright exceptions

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 2008, the Foundation published a six-volume work that illustrated in details the Foundation’s computer-based cataloguing of data related to the painter’s works. Schifano’s heirs sued again the Foundation, claiming violation of their economic and moral rights over the works. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.