Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. Nowadays, music lovers can easily stream music. Even restaurants, bars and lounges play music to entertain guests, either through hiring DJs or by playing music through sound systems. The defendant no 1 i.e,

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The IPKat

MARCH 22, 2024

The IPKat is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriend Caroline Theunis (Bar of the Province of Antwerp) on the copyright troubles of music superstar and copyright-savvy artist Taylor Swift. After Swift had found herself dissatisfied with the way in which BMR had made use of its rights, she decided to re-record the albums.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As society is modernizing, so are the trends of music leading to the evolution of the stance of legal rights revolving around music. The transformed state of music now also includes remixes which on a substantial purview might engage in conflict with the foundational legal rights of the music produced by the musician.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Fritsch, both talented and enthusiastic former students of mine, which - while reviewing Anderson.Paak 's latest tattoo - discusses post-mortem moral rights protection and the value of a tattoo as an. Despoina and Simon also recommend some music background by Anderson.Paak to accompany the reading of the article. & Simon J.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

While Sanremo is over for this year, this Kat is still musing on possible IP issues during the most appreciated Italian music show. The work, from the moment when it was created as a piece of street art in Genoa, became potentially protectable under Italian copyright law, which includes both commercial and moral rights.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2024

Copyright: Music Borrowing and Copyright Law, by Enrico Bonadio and Chen Zhu. • Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Moral Rights, by Ysolde Gendreau. Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights, by Neil Wilkof, Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli. Copyright and Cartography, by Isabella Alexander.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It focuses on authorship of the copyright in stage plays as dramatic works, texts that can be performed from a script (rather than musical theatre, dance, or performers rights). Who receives the credit and the licensing rights? And who poses moral rights in the work? The monograph is presented in six chapters.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

That is, in an NFT there can be an underlying copy of a work of art –typically an image, photograph, piece of music, video or certain audiovisual content– that may be subject to copyright. Therefore, the moral right of “disclosure” had already been exhausted. an exploitation that caused them no harm).

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

50% with the composer and lyricist together (authors, 25% each) and 50% to a music label such as TIPS (assignee, music/film producer will usually transfer rights to label or enter into a Section 17(b) scenario, where the label is first and sole owner ab initio ). Firstly, the producers must accordon-screen credits.

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The IPKat

MAY 31, 2023

The Court held that a musical box infringed of an author’s moral rights. Copyright This Kat reflected on a judgment issued by the Tribunal Judiciaire of Paris on 31 March 2023 which concerned a claim of copyright infringement in a typeface.

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IPilogue

MARCH 29, 2023

It begins by distinguishing whether the ‘work’ is one of human authorship, with the AI tool merely being an assisting instrument, or whether the protectable elements of authorship in the work (literary, artistic, or musical expression or elements of selection, arrangement, etc.) were conceived and executed not by man but by a machine.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

streamers) broadcast themselves to an audience doing almost anything including playing video games, cooking, making music, performing ASMR, walking around in public, debating politics, etc. This led to the creation of YouTube’s “Content ID” system to monitor posted videos and livestreams for music and other copyrighted material.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 20, 2023

Firstly, Originality, Section13 of the said act, to claim ownership over work (literally, musical, dramatic) created by AI, originality in work is an essential component, that can be detected by originality tests. Also, Moral rights of the creator is given in under Section 57 of the said act, are not relevant to the Artificial Intelligence.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I do, however, fail to see a case that there is underinvestment at present in text, music and image generation that requires a legal incentive. If copyright was meant as a right in all potentially commercially valuable things, the right would have been given to publishers, not authors.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

million cowritten songs, 63% of musical groups treat lesser contributors equally. Maybe music is better and therefore more popular if the people making it already know each other. How long the people have been making music together? Deals with © and moral rights, first sale, users rights.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 31, 2022

Copyright is the legal and exclusive right of the owner of some creative work, be it in an artistic, literary, musical, or educational form. The copyright owner or holder has the right to control who uses his creative work and the contexts in which the said work could be used.

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The IPKat

MAY 11, 2022

COPYRIGHT Likelihood of confusion posted about a recent Massachusetts copyright decision involving moral rights. Google case: Epic Games is seeking an injunction against Google that would prohibit enforcement of Google Play's amended policies with respect to its (freshly acquired) music marketplace Bandcamp.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

Disputes over the rights to the script and music used in the movie have arisen between producers and other contributors such as scriptwriters and musical composers. [2] Music compositions are also given their unique copyright protection. Music compositions are also given their unique copyright protection.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 17, 2024

In this sense, a somewhat similar – though dated (by that meaning: pre- Infopaq [IPKat here and here ] ) – case litigated both in France and the UK cannot but come to mind: Hyperion Records v Sawkins [IPKat here ] , concerning copyright protection of a ‘reconstructed’ baroque music score. The decision was upheld on appeal.

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The IPKat

MARCH 18, 2023

As someone who has also authored a practical guide ( Copyright in the Music Industry ) that is aimed at a novice audience, this Kat must stress the intended audience of the book and, as such, the lack of references and appendices of legal texts.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In a ruling relating to the infringement of musical works , the limitation period ran from the letter of formal notice. What's more, while such an action for damages may be time-barred in respect of certain disputed facts, this does not mean that it will be time-barred in respect of others, including as regard moral rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

COPYRIGHTS: Term copyright is a bundle of exclusive rights provided to the creator/owner of original works of authorship, which includes literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, cinematographic films, and sound recordings. Original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. Cinematograph films. Sound recordings”.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Of course, unless waived by the artist, the moral rights associated with the artistic work remain with the artist. Moral rights ensure the integrity of the work, and, when reasonable, the artist’s right to association with their work by name or pseudonym. What about copyright infringement?

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

The fact that so few copies exist means that burning it may run afoul of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) if the editions are signed and numbered. In other nations, moral rights may prohibit that. In short, the group wrongly assumed that purchasing the book granted them the rights in the book itself.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

This post is brought to you by Oprah Nwobike , who is a lawyer and doctoral researcher at Brunel University London focusing on copyright and artificial intelligence in the music industry, under the supervision of IPKat's Dr Hayleigh Bosher. AI companies take music created by humans and generate ‘new’ AI music based on what has been trained.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2023

A longtime friend of the blog, Achille is currently serving as an Advisor to the Board of the Indian Performing Right Society. With over 35 years of experience in the creative industries, Achille pioneered music publishing in India with Deep Emotions Publishing in 1996 and has also served as a public servant in France.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Topics will include access and substantial similarity, fair use, performers' rights, moral rights, expert testimony, the role of lay listeners, sound sampling as it appears in court and out-of-court litigation. For more information and to register, click here.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Outside of moral rights , which protect the original artist’s right to be associated with the work without modification or destruction, agreements of purchase and sale generally enable the purchaser to do whatever they see fit with the work.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Topics include access and substantial similarity, fair use, performers’ rights, moral rights, expert testimony, the role of lay listeners, sound sampling, as demonstrated in dispositions of litigated and settled infringement disputes. More information about this event here.

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IPilogue

MARCH 29, 2023

It begins by distinguishing whether the ‘work’ is one of human authorship, with the AI tool merely being an assisting instrument, or whether the protectable elements of authorship in the work (literary, artistic, or musical expression or elements of selection, arrangement, etc.) were conceived and executed not by man but by a machine.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2023

According to article 1(1): intellectual creators, by creating the work, acquire intellectual property over it, which includes, as exclusive and absolute rights, the right to exploit the work (property right) and the right to protect the personal link to it (moral right). Emphasis added.)

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The compliance with the basic principles of originality, durability, and authenticity would only provide protection of copyright to the works in terms of literary, artistic, musical, dramatic, cinematographic and sound recordings and even computer software.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

13 (1) states that original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works as well as cinematograph films and sound recordings are protected by copyright. The current stance on the Protection of Films Titles So many contemporary films share their name with other films; the question arises, are the film titles protected in India? [1]

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Google, particularly looking into ‘consent’ and the moral rights of a performer. Then Spadika Jayaraj’s entertaining two-part series (See here and here ) on the Kuchipudi Copyright Conundrum would challenge us to think deeper, questioning how performance rights mesh with tricky definitions of dramatic and cinematic works.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Unfortunately, in cases like Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria Limited (MCSN) v. There would also be the need to address how moral rights would operate in the context of a compulsory acquisition. What are the implications of compulsory acquisition in this context?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The driving argument of creativity and copyright in the early years is that imitation can only be minimal at the start, while it increases as creative languages (including literacy and music education) become a mixture of cultural and societal paradigms and are absorbed as part of the learning experience.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

The protection of moral rights, including the rights of publication, authorship, alteration, and integrity, is perpetual. 8) computer software; and (9) other intellectual achievements conforming to the characteristics of the works.” copyright law.

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