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The EU imperative to a free public domain: The case of Italian cultural heritage

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image via Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Public Domain Mark 1.0 In this context of international and EU legal obligations to protect cultural rights, the EU has set a legal imperative to protect the public domain.

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Are Ads in Old Magazines Protected by Copyright?

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magazine between 1918 and 1962. The magazine itself was copyrighted, but the ads do not contain any copyright markings, so my understanding is that the ads would have entered into the public domain. The advertisements are most likely in the public domain. How do they become public domain?

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Michelangelo’s David and cultural heritage images. The Italian pseudo-intellectual property and the end of public domain

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The reproduction was not authorized by the public museum Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence where the masterpiece is kept. In particular, under EU law the Italian public cultural property seems to be inconsistent with art. 14 of the CDSM 2019/790 directive on works of visual art in the public domain.

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Reproducing a Photo of a Statue

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But if I open a magazine and take a photo of an illustration, I still own the copyright to the photo, but using it in a book would be a copyright violation. In addition, many statues are in the public domain and do not require permission ( despite what some owners believe ). Why is it different? Actually, they're not different.

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The US and Italy set precedents in copyright and art

Olartemoure Blog

The Italian magazine GQ Italia finds itself embroiled in a legal dispute stemming from the publication of an edited image of the renowned David sculpture. This incident has ignited a broader debate concerning the utilization of public domain artworks for commercial purposes.

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How Lulu Lost Her Mark

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My understanding is that all publicity photos taken back in the 1920s and 1930s were never copyrighted, therefore, in the public domain, especially if the photographer is unidentified. The public domain. You're correct that Louise Brooks publicity photos are probably public domain. What to do?

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Precedential No. 22: TTAB Affirms "Single Work" Refusal of Book Title, Finding Translation Not a Separate Work

The TTABlog

Therefore, once copyright protection ends, and the work falls in the public domain, others must have the right to call the work by its name.” TTABlogger comment: What about the booklets, curricula, newsletters, magazines, printed periodicals? And so, the Board affirmed the refusal to register. Text Copyright John L.

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