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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2022, here. The Regulations were made pursuant to section 45 of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act and came into force on 18th March 2022. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

It varies from creating an alternate persona on a social media account to voicing an animated character in a movie. A person who employed the artist will be considered the proprietor of the artwork and can register for exclusivity for the same character. [3]

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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

The media industry as a whole encourages creativity and innovation, and copyright is crucial for digital media platforms. Media platforms, such as social media, are utilised to carry out their professional, commercial, and private functions. They serve as a medium for new ideas, images, and sounds.

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Ten things to know about NFTs

The IPKat

Digital assets can be protected by IP and have always been capable of being licensed or assigned via a contract, or protected as a trade mark. There have also been complaints where creators have tried to NFT their own creativity but by doing so have breached a contract.

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Is HitPiece the Fyre Festival of NFT Startups?

Copyright Lately

People probably aren’t aware, but Spotify just as an example, has been involved in dozens and dozens of rights disagreements with rightsholders, be it on not only songwriting but also the master rights and even also artwork rights. Rory Felton, “Business Builders – Boise” Podcast, January 24, 2022.

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The first NFT copyright infringement decision handed down in China

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The case focused around a comic image depicting a chubby tiger receiving a vaccine shot, which was one of many artworks from the popular cartoon series “ Fat Tiger ” released on Weibo, China’s principal social media site, by a Chinese artist. Background (NFT Copyright). The ruling of the court.

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The first NFT copyright infringement decision handed down in China

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The case focused around a comic image depicting a chubby tiger receiving a vaccine shot, which was one of many artworks from the popular cartoon series “ Fat Tiger ” released on Weibo, China’s principal social media site, by a Chinese artist. Background. Shenzhen Qice Diechu Cultural Creativity Co.,