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[Guest post] Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse?

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Now, a further development on IP and NFTs comes from Spain, as Katfriend Mercedes Morán Ruiz (CEDRO) reports: Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse? Moreover, it seems that MANGO also transformed the original works, including new elements on them, and displayed the output on OpenSea.

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Generative AI and creativity: A quick analysis of US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Against that background, this blog post provides some tentative musings on the impact of text-to-image generators on human artistic creativity by analysing recent US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works. In contrast, the CIPO has arguably adopted a more liberal attitude to computer-generated works.

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WaterRower: Has the UK’s approach to ‘artistic works’ in copyright changed?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

It seems inevitable that UK copyright law will change at some stage. It increasingly appears that judges are waiting for a case which requires the inconsistencies between EU and UK copyright law to be addressed. 4 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1994 (“CDPA”), when considered under either UK or EU copyright law.

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[Guest post] ‘Ghiblification’ and the Moral Wrongs of U.S. Copyright Law

The IPKat

Copyright Law by Angela Chung Do everything by hand, even when using the computer. Beyond even just the blackletter matter of infringement, this trend has forced the public to confront the ethical implications of exploiting artists and applying their style to images contrary to their artistic pursuits.

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[Part I] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

SpicyIP

Aditya is a third-year law student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. Inox sued for copyright infringement of these technical drawings, essentially arguing that its design of the tanker and internal parts was protected as an artistic work under copyright. His previous posts can be accessed here.

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Copyright case: Keck v. Mix Creative Learning Center, L.L.C., USA

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The commercial teaching kit use the artists works in their entirety and encouraged the students to create their own art based on them. Case date:18 September 2024 Case number:No.

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[Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

SpicyIP

Aditya is a third-year law student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. Functionality vs. Aesthetics: The Dominant Purpose and Global Parallels The notion of functional utility as a test comes straight from design law principles. His previous posts can be accessed here. The Privy Council in Interlego AG v.

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