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Derivative works: the Adventures of Koons and Tintin in French copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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Bracing for Impact Keynote Address Tells a Copyright Story Never Told: Art and Copyright in Ghettos and Concentration Camps

IPilogue

Claire Wortsman is an IPilogue Senior Editor and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On November 9, IP Osgoode, Reichman University and Microsoft hosted the first in-person Bracing for Impact Conference since 2019. Copyright law protects and should continue to protect communicative and dialogical spaces.

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Conundrum Involving The Ownership Of The Work Created By Ai

IP and Legal Filings

Accordingly, assuming the ownership is conceded to AI, making such a transfer would be troublesome Fourthly, under Section 57, author has Moral rights, incorporates right to paternity and right to integrity. internet source) [link] [link] [link] [1] Rupendra Kashyap vs Jiwan Publishing House Pvt Ltd.(1996)

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Artist Royalties: An exegesis of Resale rights in India

IIPRD

[Image Sources : Shutterstock] As per the intellectual property regime in India, this right to monetary gains is not exhausted upon the selling of the artwork by the artist; rather, he/she is entitled to a certain amount or royalties upon every resale of the artwork. Rethinking Copyright and Personhood.” Artists Rights Directive.

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Born to be authors: the copyright of the child

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The notion of stewardship (H R Howe, ‘Copyright limitations and the stewardship model of property’ (2011) 2 IPQ 183-214) is instrumental to expanding the scope of the analysis on vulnerable authors (e.g. A copyright lawyer will be familiar with legal issues on subject matter, originality, authorship and ownership.

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Journey Through “Januarys” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

SpicyIP

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. iii] While intellectual property remedies are painfully slow, the internet is on the cutting-edge of fast paced communication. ” How Stagnant Copyright Law is Stifling Creativity , 27 J. 277 (2020). [iv] iv] Maxwell L.