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Copyright Protection of Modern Art

IP and Legal Filings

The primary goal of copyright law is to safeguard the interests of creators of original, publishable works. The purpose of copyright protection is to make sure that the artist reaps the rewards of creating their original work and that no one else benefits unfairly from it. What Constitutes Art.

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Free Mickey? (Don’t Be Goofy)

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Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. It is no surprise that the legalities of the public domain are more complicated than the headlines suggest. But not so fast.

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Fair Use for Documentaries in US Copyright Law: Brown v Netflix

Kluwer Copyright Blog

107, as the film provides commentary on the art of burlesque. The evolution in the case law of the Second Circuit may constitute a game changer for documentary makers. As pointed out by Keith Aoki, James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins in Bound by Law? Tales from the Public Domain , “documentaries are records of our culture.

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Generative AI, Digital Constitutionalism and Copyright: Towards a Statutory Remuneration Right grounded in Fundamental Rights – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image from DALL-E 3 Introduction Generative AI is disrupting the creative process(es) of intellectual works on an unparalleled scale. More and more AI systems offer services that push users’ production capacity for new literary and artistic works beyond unforeseen barriers. Firstly, the amendment 399 to Art.

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Are Yoga Poses Copyrightable?

IP and Legal Filings

But, as an exception, the doctrine of merger provides that if the expression of an idea is merged with the idea itself, then such an expression can also be denied copyright protectio n. The absence of this doctrine would defeat the very purpose of copyright law. Fixation: The work must be fixed in a tangible medium.

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Copyright Protection of Photographs: a Comparative Analysis Between France, Germany and Italy

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photographs are included in Article 2(1) of the Berne Convention as copyrightable artistic works. All Berne Union Member States must thus provide copyright protection to photographic works. Photographic works. . Photographs of mere documentation.

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In the Crucible of Debate: Analysing the Evolution of Copyright and Translation Terms- Part I

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In the conclusion I will highlight the major developments in the term of copyright post the Copyright Act of 1957. The Setting and the Context The term of copyright is perhaps one of the most important defining features of any copyright law. The term varied depending on the nature of the work.