The IPKat
MARCH 24, 2023
Last week, Nigeria’s President signed the Copyright Act 2022 which repeals the Copyright Act of 2004 (the old Act). The Copyright Act 2022 as previously reported here on The IPKat is aimed inter alia at protecting the rights of authors and providing appropriate limitations and exceptions to guarantee access to creative works.
The IPKat
JANUARY 30, 2022
The author gave food for thought on the reproduction of works of art on book covers, on possible moral rights in the discussion, and on Walter Benjamin's notion of the "aura" of a work. Voting closes at midnight on January 31, 2022, and winners will be announced thereafter.
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The IPKat
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Not a copyright dispute … and the non-role of Article 14 of the DSM Directive In sum: the CHC provides a way to control for-profit reproductions of Italian cultural heritage, irrespective of their copyright status (it is in any case worth recalling that under Italian copyright law moral rights protection is … perpetual).
LexBlog IP
AUGUST 30, 2023
According to article 1(1): intellectual creators, by creating the work, acquire intellectual property over it, which includes, as exclusive and absolute rights, the right to exploit the work (property right) and the right to protect the personal link to it (moral right). Emphasis added.)
Kluwer Copyright Blog
DECEMBER 20, 2022
This contribution is based on a paper published in 44 European Intellectual Property Law Review 595 (2022). . Photographs that do not meet the abovementioned creativity threshold do not automatically fall in the public domain, but are protected by a related right as simple photographs. Photo by Soragrit Wongsa on Unsplash.
IP and Legal Filings
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Right to communicate the work to the public. In addition to the above, Section 57 of the Act stipulates “author’s moral rights,” grants the owner of a copyright the power to exercise moral authority over the work. 2022, April 22). 1] 1995 (1) ARBLR 555 Delhi. [2] Journal of Social Studies (JSS).
The IPKat
MAY 22, 2023
The use of AI technology to generate images or music and other creative works, has legal implications for copyright and related rights of creators and rightsholders. As the creative industry is responsible for 6% of the UK’s GDP, the dialogue is particularly important with regards to the protection of the rights of the creatives.
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