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What moral rights looked like in the 12th century—the story of "Guide of the Perplexed"

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The basic mechanism of the modern author is regulating reproduction of the work (the subject matter of copyright) and preventing affronts to the work and the author's connection with it (the subject matter of moral rights). Generic license. but rather how readers use the text.

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The Risks of Dual Licensing in The Pioneering Landscape of Contemporary Open Source

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As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.

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The Risks of Dual Licensing in The Pioneering Landscape of Contemporary Open Source

LexBlog IP

As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.

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A Work in Progress: CCC and Artificial Intelligence

Velocity of Content

What role might CCC play in licensing for AI applications? Since our founding, we’ve been putting users and rightsholders together, so people can find good ways to license the works that they need. We offer various licensing models. We’re developing our approach, so we don’t have anything to announce right now.

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Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on Rights of Authors

SpicyIP

Saregama Vodafone Injunction against exploitation of copyright in sound recording and allied copyright work via VAS. One of the key features was recognition of the rights of authors of original literary, dramatic, artistic and musical work, used in derivative works. Do A ll Rights Subsist with the First Owner?

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Some Thoughts on Five Pending AI Litigations – Avoiding Squirrels and Other AI Distractions

Velocity of Content

It is somehow different from the right to make transformative derivative works (where the word “transformed” is used in Section 101 ) such as film adaptations of books, which clearly require copyright owner consent. 3:22-cv-06823 – Whither transformative? This will be hard to defend. What does this mean for the future of AI?

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WIPIP: In Memoriam and Fair Use

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Fair uses tend to divide into buckets: justified by new work; justified by project. New work: Derivative work or embedding work: Cambpell v. Use is justified by context of being placed in new work. If the project is fine, it’s fine to repeat the project with additional works.