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[Guest post] Navigating the high notes: Taylor Swift's copyright dispute

The IPKat

The role of US copyright law and economic rights As a signatory to the WPPT , the US grants performers economic rights to performances which are fixed in a sound recording. After all, making and using new recordings similar or even nearly identical to existing ones, are not infringing any US copyrights, as per art.

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The Battle Over Poker NFTs

Plagiarism Today

In that apology, Butz admitted he was “clearly ignorant about copyright laws and got defensive when it was brought to my attention.” ” The case raises questions of fair use and whether the new paintings were transformative enough to be non-infringing or if they were simply derivative works.

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