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Book review: Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship

The IPKat

And who poses moral rights in the work? McDonagh discusses the emergence of the author figure as the owner of a dramatic work by analysis of authorship and ownership of plays from the Elizabethan period up to the early twentieth century. In what circumstances can a director or actor be granted joint-authorship with the writer?

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

TRIPS Agreement accepted the Berne Convention except Article which states that copyright protected work shall enjoy the copyright protection in all countries of the union. First, economic rights, which allow the owner of rights to derive a financial reward from the use of his works by others.

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Generative AI and Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

The introduction and advancement of generative AI technology, which is capable of producing everything from research articles to realistic artworks, has brought a revolution in the field of creativity. There will be serious consequences for assigning other than human ownership to AI-generated creations.

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Crypto Group Buys Dune Book, Confuses it for Buying the Rights

Plagiarism Today

The fact that so few copies exist means that burning it may run afoul of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) if the editions are signed and numbered. In other nations, moral rights may prohibit that. In short, the group wrongly assumed that purchasing the book granted them the rights in the book itself.

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NLUJ-CIPS Inter College IP Research Essay Writing Competition 2022 [Submit by March 10]

SpicyIP

The Blog regularly publishes articles in the field of IP and functions in a structured manner much like a journal. The ownership over the copyright of the essay published on the CIPS Blog will be transferred to the CIPS Blog and the author shall still retain the moral rights over their work. The NLUJ-CIPS Blog.

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Architecture and Intellectual Property: Is it possible to protect a building?

Garrigues Blog

However, an architect’s intellectual property rights in his/her work can conflict with the ownership rights in the built work creating a situation that is less than desirable for both, in which each may hamper the interests of the other. Moral rights Moral rights establish the connection between the author and his/her work.

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Canadian Perspectives on Artist Resale Rights

IPilogue

The embedding of “smart contracts” in NFT sales allows for the automatic distribution of royalties – roughly 10% – anytime a change of ownership is requested on the blockchain. Further Reading: Michelle Mao’s IPilogue article on ARRs and NFT loopholes.

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