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Copyright Ownership: Exploring Employer-Employee Relationship

IP and Legal Filings

This is quite the picture of how the Indian copyright laws are treating the employees who try to become such exceptional creators. the ownership disputes in India and the U.K. Here comes, the concepts of “Contract of service” and “Contract for service” or the “Work for hire” doctrine. Unlike the U.S.A.,

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[Guest post] Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

The IPKat

Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh? by Marianna Ryan Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are a new type of quasi-corporate entities, existing with the use of blockchain and smart contracts. The use of blockchain and smart contracts in the creation of DAOs has its pros and cons.

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Copyright as an Access Right: Concretizing Positive Obligations for Rightholders to Ensure the Exercise of User Rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The purpose of copyright, at its very basic level, finds its normative implementation in the interplay between access to protected works and the protection of the moral and material interest of creators (see Geiger, 2017 ). From this constitutional dimension of copyright emerged the notion of ‘user rights’ ( Geiger, 2020 ).

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The Legal Governance Of Non-Fungible Tokens- Analysing Which Field Of Law Should Govern Nfts

IP and Legal Filings

The next phase of blockchain technology is focussed on bringing such scarcity and uniqueness to the internet, allowing for the ownership and collection of unique digital assets. The current trend in internet law, has tended to elevate companies’ rights through contracts and licences while demoting owners to simple users. [1]

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Lights Camera Action : Role Of Intellectual Property In Indian Cinema

IIPRD

A growing number of daily releases makes India’s copyright laws particularly important in. The Copyright Act of 1957 enters the picture at this point, offering security against a number of dangers that the manufacturers would otherwise have to bear. Introduction. Image Source : Shutterstock].

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CJEU has received first reference on DSM Directive

The IPKat

Between 2016 and 2020, the labour unions of the ONB musicians and the ONB unsuccessfully tried to negotiate a collective agreement. At a later stage of the proceedings, plaintiffs also argued that this runs contrary to EU copyright directives. As such, it would be contrary to EU copyright directives.

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Man Pleads Guilty to $23m YouTube Content ID Scam

TorrentFreak

Sometime in 2016, I discovered there were recorded songs of musicians and bands on the internet that were not being monetized. I falsely claimed legal ownership over them and began receiving royalty payments. Using MediaMuv, we entered a contract with Y.T. We also entered contract with a third-party company, A.R.,

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