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Copyright Protection for Choreographic Works

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Like all other art forms, choreographic works in dance and their steps have been expressly recognized under the Copyright Laws of different jurisdictions. By such virtue, performers can have their rights protected, even though some of the most popular steps have not been claimed. What is a Choreographic Work?

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What Is (and Isn’t) Protected by Copyright?

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Where copyright protection begins and ends Employees consume and share copyrighted materials all day long. However, routine content exchanges such as sharing published reports, articles and other information found on the Web, have copyright implications, which can expose companies to a greater risk of infringement.

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Fortnite Emotes Don’t Infringe Dance Choreography–Hanagami v. Epic

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Kyle Hanagami is a choreographer. ” Hanagami sued Epic for copyright infringement. The court starts with the uncontroversial proposition that “choreographic works are composed of a number of individual poses that, when ‘viewed in isolation,’ would not be protectable.” Devastating.

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Ninth Circuit Revives Choreography Copyright Claims Over Fortnite Emotes–Hanagami v. Epic

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Hanagami is a celebrity choreographer. Watch it at [link] Despite the obvious overlaps, the district court ruled for Epic because it thought the emote took such a small amount of the dance and short dance routines aren’t protected by copyright. Previous blog post. He has over 4.5M The video got 36M views.

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Artificial intelligence, machine learning and creativity in visual art: what are the protectability requirements? Part 1: the Italian Supreme Court’s “floral fractal” case

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The Italian ‘ floral fractal ’ case This case concerned the commercial exploitation of a graphic work depicting a floral composition, adopted as a fixed background during the 2016 edition of the Sanremo Festival.

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TikTok: A New Copyright Minefield

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However, as the platform becomes more popular, it opens its doors to a multitude of legal challenges with copyright infringement near the top of the list. TikTok’s intellectual property issues arise largely from the music and choreography on the platform, despite their attempts to mitigate copyright infringement.

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Tracing the Contours of Copyrightability of ‘Unique Sports Celebrations’

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We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Kedar Ganesh Dhargalkar, analysing the copyrightability of unique sports celebrations. His previous guest post on the blog can be viewed here. Tracing The Contours of Copyrightability of ‘Unique Sports Celebrations’. The need for copyrightability of sports celebrations.

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