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[Guest post] Navigating the high notes: Taylor Swift's copyright dispute

The IPKat

This article delves into the saga’s central copyright issues and the concept of moral rights, and compares the situation in the US to how it might have unfolded under EU law. After all, making and using new recordings similar or even nearly identical to existing ones, are not infringing any US copyrights, as per art.

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[Guest post] Anderson.Paak got a new tattoo- and we might have an idea why

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Fritsch, both talented and enthusiastic former students of mine, which - while reviewing Anderson.Paak 's latest tattoo - discusses post-mortem moral rights protection and the value of a tattoo as an. What is the legal framework around posthumous released art and what is Anderson.Paak afraid of? advance (IP) directive.

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Book review: Copyright in the street. An Oral History of Creative Processes in Street Art and Graffiti Subcultures

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An Oral History of Creative Processes in Street Art and Graffiti Subcultures ”, authored by Enrico Bonadio (City University of London). As its title suggests, this book focuses on the relationship between US copyright law and street art and graffiti. Chapter 3 is entitled "Copyright within the street art and graffiti circles".

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Non-fungible Tokens: Commercializing Exclusive Digital Art- A Companion Piece

IPilogue

The sale of an NFT also includes a smart contract. Ratajkowski explained the impetus for its creation in her essay “Buying Myself Back”, where she shares that the photo she shared on Instagram had been hanging in the Gagosian as part of Richard Prince’s “New Portraits” art show.

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Canadian Perspectives on Artist Resale Rights

IPilogue

In an address to a parliamentary committee in 2016 , Rankin Inlet-based artist Theresie Tungilik noted that “[the] artist’s resale right will have a positive financial impact as 10% of Canada’s export is Inuit art.”. The study also found that the market continued to grow after the implementation of the resale right in 2006.

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Adding a glass canopy to a mosque infringes architect’s copyright and the canopy must be removed, says Cologne Regional Court

The IPKat

In 2008, the parties concluded a contract, which included the following clauses [translation by this Kat]: § 4 Protection of the work and of the author […] 4.3 The client owns the copyright to the image of the building, which is the object of this contract. (2) Statutory copyright protection remains unaffected. […] § 13.

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Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

It can be used to provide additional information about goods that may embed works of art protected by copyright. This provides the advantage of making the encounter between visitors and the art in museums or sites more lively, complete and informative. AR content is often developed around cultural goods that embed works of art.

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