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Book review: Copyright, Creativity and Big Media

The IPKat

It seeks to address questions of how copyright generates income and how distributions of profits are allocated in the publishing, film and music industries. The role of celebrity, women and consumer markets in the music industry’ looks at the role of intellectual property in the rise of a technology company.

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Free Mickey? (Don’t Be Goofy)

LexBlog IP

The law gives copyright owners a monopoly to exploit and monetize creative works. Copyright protection is afforded to every original literary, dramatic, musical, or other artistic work, whether published or unpublished. Rights owners have tried to use trademark law to extend copyrights, albeit with limited success.

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Utility and Design Patents. Utility patents cover the way an invention works while design patents cover the way an invention looks.

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Another Second Circuit Fair Use Decision

The Art Law Blog

Whereas the photographer's "stated purpose" in creating the photo was to show “what Van Halen looks like in performance,” the Met exhibition "highlights the unique design of the [depicted] guitar and its significance in the development of rock n’ roll instruments."

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Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Art Law Journal

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Utility and Design Patents. Patents are one of the most confusing types of IP law, and justifiably so. Design patents.