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Vempati Ravi Shankar – Facebook Copyright Dispute: Issues on Moral Rights and Posthumous Enforcement of Celebrity Rights

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He was credited with the creation of many musical compositions and choreographies. A copyright holder has the exclusive right to communicate his work to the public and as the plaintiff’s sound recordings were used without authorisation, copyright infringement could be easily proved. The Right to Integrity.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

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This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights. Parts 2 to 4 will address exploitation rights, related rights, exceptions and limitations, copyright contract law and enforcement. Moral rights (Sections 12-14 UrhG). Authorship (Sections 7-10 UrhG).

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Personality Rights : Through The Glasses Of IPR

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Starting from an Actor promoting tourism advertisements to a cricketer promoting daily life snacks, we live in a celebrity-driven economy. Living in an era where influential personalities are reverenced, fortifying Personality Rights from any such misuse is a must. Original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works; 2.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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This decision will potentially make a difference in the relationship between record labels and streaming bodies in the future, especially at a time when streaming is generating a humongous revenue for the Indian music industry. Indian Performing Right Society Ltd. Ltd and Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

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Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.

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Derivative works: the Adventures of Koons and Tintin in French copyright law

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music synchronised in an advertisement) and adaptations (e.g. 113-4 IPC states that ‘A composite work shall be the property of the author who has produced it, subject to the rights of the author of the pre-existing work.’ A composite work is therefore a derivative work, i.e. simple incorporations (e.g. The parody defence.

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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.