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Permissibility Of A Waiver Of Moral Rights Of An Author Under The Copyright Regime

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Section 57 of the Copyright Act of 1957 covers authors’ special rights particularly, highlighting the importance of expanding such rights beyond solely economic grounds. As a result, the lifetime of these rights varies greatly between countries. Waiver of moral right of the author permissible?

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When is an artist entitled to refuse attribution of an artwork? Italian Supreme Court provides (final) guidance in long-running dispute over Jeff Koons’s The Serpents

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There, it was presented as an original Koons artwork of which three copies exist. Of all the grounds of appeal to the Supreme Court, the most intriguing one is that concerning the application of relevant provisions in the Italian Copyright Act concerning moral rights. All these attempts were made in vain.

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The Copyright Society Debate: Should Actors Get Royalty?

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Royalties can be defined as a sort of variable consideration for the utilisation of work, for a public performance or selling of a copy. Section 18(1), 3 rd proviso states that the right to receive royalties cannot be waived or assigned or licensed except to legal heirs or copyright society for distribution and collection.

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Cardinals Of Intellectual Property Rights (Part- II)

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In India, protection under copyrights is provided into two forms, which includes, economic rights and the moral rights of the author. Economic rights are enumerated under section 14 of the Act and section 57 deals with the moral rights of the copyright holder. which is to be judged solely by the eyes.

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Copyright Legislation vis-a-vis the Music Industry : A Comparative Study of India and Indonesia

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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. Right to communicate the work to the public. The Indonesian copyright regime is governed by its Copyright Act of 2014 (‘Act’).

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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

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Copies of emails between the parties provided to the Court proved that opinions had been exchanged before the composition of the products was finalised. Articles 4(1) and (3) concern the individual powers of the author on moral rights and article 12(2) concerns the transfer of intellectual rights (property and moral).

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Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

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Interestingly, before Bachchan’s issue, Suchita elaborated on the status of personality rights in India against the backdrop of claims of the wife of the late Steve Irwin. In 2014, the Bombay High Court restrained the singer Mika Singh and the recording label OCP Music from publishing an advertisement that impinged Sonu’s personality rights.