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First preliminary injunction issued by a court in Turkey regarding NFTs

The IPKat

The court did not elaborate on the technical features of the NFTs, nor did it comment on the legal definition of same in rendering its decision. Picture in middle is entited "A ship in need in a raging storm, by Willem van de Velde II, and is in the public domain.

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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. . To qualify as a photographic work, a photograph must meet the general “creativity” ( creatività ) threshold.

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Copyright Protection of Modern Art

IP and Legal Filings

The lack of organisation and ambiguity make the protection problematic even if the work is copyrighted. According to section 13 (1)(a) of Copyright Act of 1957 copyright subsists in original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works. The picture was released in Public Domain without permission, which is the issue with this.

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The Much-Adapted “Peter Pan” (1904 – Forever )

Velocity of Content

It also does not permit the foundation to impose, even in the UK, any restriction (other than the payment of royalties) on performances of, or creation of derivative works from, the play. And the 1911 content reused in these works may actually be in the public domain already.

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Contradictions of Computer-Generated Works’ Protection

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This thesis is supported by the curious failure of the United Kingdom’s Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act of 1988 ( CDPA 1988 ) to protect “computer-generated works.” Namely, in works which are computer-generated, the author “shall be taken to be the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the work.”

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INTERNET AND COPYRIGHT

IIPRD

Copyright is a term describing rights given to creators for their literary and artistic works. Definition Of use In It Age, the authors hold exclusive rights in their works for a particular term subject to the right to use work for fair use. Copyright is essentially a right to copy.

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Can Intellectual Property Rights Safeguard Your Blog?

Kashishipr

Copyright is a legal protection afforded to an original, creative literary, musical, or artistic work. The protection under copyright is instantaneous and immediate to the works being created, and therefore, it is not necessary to have such rights registered. Copyright and Blogs. It can be used freely by anyone.