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Jean Paul Gaultier, Birth Your Own Venus

IPilogue

In April 2022 , Uffizi sent a cease-and-desist in response to Jean Paul Gaultier’s current use of the Birth of Venus , but the fashion brand never replied and continued its unauthorized use. . The Italian Code , which came into effect in 2004 and was updated in 2016, operates independently from copyright law.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. And that, in turn, further restricts what should be in the public domain and gives companies power to create property rights where none are otherwise granted in the law. Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter.