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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

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. by Tito Rendas. € by Martin Senftleben. €

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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. right to copyright will exist.

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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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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.

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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. . Internet Law: A Concise Guide to Regulation Around the World. Simple photographs. .

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Contradictions of Computer-Generated Works’ Protection

Kluwer Copyright Blog

If the computer somehow transcends its role as a tool in such a way that the purported human author cannot claim he created the output, we are dealing with computer-generated or emergent works. Such apparently creative outputs are not protectable as a matter of the American copyright law – or the law of the European Union (see Blaszczyk ).