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Authorship of photographs and ownership of image rights in Nigeria: Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd

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The attention of this SpecialKat was recently drawn to the decision of the Nigerian Court of Appeal in Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd regarding the question of authorship and ownership of copyright in photographs used for advertising purposes and the issue of image rights in Nigeria. VMNL) or both that person and their licensee (i.e.

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Interaction Between Ai And Copyright : Who Has The Copyright In Ai?

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[Image Sources : Shutterstock] Copyrightability In Indian Context Copyright is a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works. Hence, the trainer also has strong claims for ownership of AI. [10] 5] In USA, the court in the case of Fiest Publication Inc.

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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

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Since copyright is “universal”, some argue that the lex originis should be utilised to determine who owns works that have been plagiarised. Since copyright in whatever form (even first ownership) is subject to the territoriality principle, many argue that lex loci protectionis is the appropriate course of action. [10]