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Crypto Group Buys Dune Book, Confuses it for Buying the Rights

Plagiarism Today

Support derivative projects from the community pic.twitter.com/g4QnF6YZBp — Spice DAO ( , ) (@TheSpiceDAO) January 15, 2022. The fact that so few copies exist means that burning it may run afoul of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) if the editions are signed and numbered. In other nations, moral rights may prohibit that.

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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

LexBlog IP

The third defendant was licensed to produce and market the disputed foods and spices under its own name and at its own expense, paying a fixed fee to the plaintiff for each individual product sold. Compensation presupposes culpability and infringement of IP (or related rights) (i.e., Emphasis added.)

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Canadian Perspectives on Artist Resale Rights

IPilogue

The Globe and Mail reported on August 7, 2022 that Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez are working on reforming the Copyright Act to include an artist resale right (ARR) within the scope of the act’s protections. Not all Canadian galleries oppose ARRs.

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Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As a result, AR may be attractive not only to potential users of the cultural heritage-related services, but also for market operators with commercial interests. However, as mentioned, AR can also be developed by third parties, and in particular by market operators that have no initial connection with bodies managing cultural heritage.

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Simple homage to pre-existing work doesn't qualify as parody under French law

The IPKat

Since 2017, the artist has produced, exhibited, and marketed busts inspired by the character of Tintin, and sculptures inspired by the rocket depicted in the albums "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon". On 14 March 2022, a similar decision was also issued against the sculptor as he continued to create and sell new infringing busts.

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Limitations to parties’ choice of law in copyright exploitation contracts in the digital era (Part 1)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

First, there may be formal requirements, such as the need for a written document for purposes of proof (see e.g. Article XI.167(1) 167(1) Belgian Code on Economic Law ) or validity (see e.g. Article 2(3) Dutch Copyright Act ). As a result, the general conflict of laws rule for IP rights applies.

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Limitations to parties’ choice of law in copyright exploitation contracts in the digital era (Part 2)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The courts of Member States seized to rule on a dispute must apply so-called ‘overriding mandatory provisions’ of their own national law (Article 9(1)-(2) Rome I Regulation ). to the extent that the contract covers significant acts of exploitation in Germany (Article 32b German Copyright Act ). Overriding mandatory provisions.