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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

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How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie : The second in the Creepy Copyright Mondays series was an explainer on how Night of the Living Dead , one of the most iconic zombie films, fell into the public domain. It’s an interesting look at how a public domain source and a modern interpretation can clash.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

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Later, in 1914, Copyright Act was amended which was highly influenced with the Copyright Act, 1911 of Britain, such as both the legislation shared resemblance in the duration of copyright protection, focused on the protection of literary works, and had similar provisions regarding the concept of public domain and exceptions.

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Modern monarchy and the media: Duchess of Sussex wins historic privacy case against the British tabloids

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The remaining issue, which is yet to be determined at the time of writing, relates to ownership in the Letter (an issue which the Court considered to be of minor significance to the wider copyright claim). [7] The activity of writing the Letter was not an aspect of Meghan’s public role or function as part of the Royal family. [28].

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Protecting Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Using An Approach Based On Holistic Principle

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x] It is challenging to accurately identify and follow the knowledge holders [xi] , partly because complex group ownership. A “community rights regime,” in which Indigenous Peoples possess ownership rights to TK instead of a small number of capitalist proprietors [xvi] , is one concept. ix] Ibid.