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Publisher Suing YouTube For Piracy Sells ‘Retold’ Version of Prince Harry’s Book

TorrentFreak

Sales Could’ve Been Better Despite becoming a number one best-seller in multiple countries, not every country has access to ‘Spare’ In common with many Western entertainment companies, publisher Penguin Random House pulled out of Russia following its invasion of Ukraine last year. ” the letter reads. Plagiarism?

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Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 5

JD Supra Law

Copyright protection is, generally speaking, formality-free in the US and other member states of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. By: Kidon IP

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St. Art Foundation v. Acko General Insurance: Decoding Street Art, Fair use and Moral rights

SpicyIP

Acko General Insurance , the Delhi High Court is faced with the opportunity to elaborate whether and how street art in general is subject to the Copyright Act, the scope of ‘artistic work’ under Sec. 52(1)(t) and ‘moral rights’ of the author in such work. 13(1) of being ‘original artistic work’. 57 of the Act.

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

SpicyIP

The term varied depending on the nature of the work. For literary, dramatic, and musical works, copyright lasted for the lifetime of the author plus 50 years after their death. In the case of photographs and artistic works, the term was 50 years from the date of publication. 91, 16 Feb ).]

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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 21 Episode 14

Dragons' Den

Once your copyright has expired, anyone can use or copy your work. The length of copyright depends on the type of work. For artistic work copyright protection lasts 70 years after the author’s death. There isn’t a register of copyright works in the UK.

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Copyrighting the Ogopogo Monster: The © story behind the news story

The IPKat

Unfortunately, while CIPO’s database records registration, it has no copy of what was registered. Thirty years later, in 1984, local author Don Levers wrote a self-published children’s book called “Ogopogo-The Misunderstood Lake Monster”, that sold well. And remember, when a work is registered with CIPO, no copies are retained.

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Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo

IP Whiteboard

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. Is it copyright infringement to copy a work and use it as a tattoo? .