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Could this music law help Spotify dodge future copyright infringement battles?

IPilogue

A look at streaming giant Spotify’s recent significant copyright battles provides some insight into the issue of compensation for artistswork on online streaming platforms. Spotify has encountered its fair share of copyright infringement lawsuits filed by music artists, record labels, and publishers.

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Novex Communications Pvt. Ltd. v. DXC Technology Private Limited – Analysis I

SpicyIP

Section 33 and Business of granting licenses through Copyright Societies. To put it in simple terms, the right of an owner, in his individual capacity, to exploit a right by issuing a license remains untouched. The logical deduction is, individual licensing is allowed as an exception to licensing through copyright societies.

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[Guest Post] Long walk to copyright reform #9: The Copyright Amendment Bill ensures fair remuneration for South African creators and performers

The IPKat

The CAB contains stipulations that will ensure equitable remuneration and fair share in royalties for creators of literary, musical and artistic works as well as performers of audio-visual works (clauses 5, 7, 8 and 9 of the CAB). Indeed, the CAB lives up to its core objectives as set out in its long title.

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Novex Communications Pvt. Ltd. v. DXC Technology Private Limited – Analysis II

SpicyIP

Is it mandatory to be a member of copyright society to carry out the business of issuing or granting licences in respect of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works incorporated in a cinematograph film or sound recordings? Section 34(3)). Against this background, consider.

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Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? 

SpicyIP

This post only deals with copyrightability of fonts from artistic work perspective and does not explore the copyrightability of fonts as code or literary works. The phrase has been placed as a residuary clause to cover works that otherwise fulfil the eligibility of artistic work.

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The Photography Show: your questions answered

Intellectual Property Office Blog

Whether you mark the work or not doesn’t affect the level of protection you have. Photographs will generally be protected by copyright as artistic works. Try to contact the individual infringing your rights and ask them to cease doing so (or you could offer to license the copyright to them for a suitable fee).

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Copyright Infringement in edited photographs

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Photographs are under the subject matter of copyright which means that photographs are artistic works that attract copyright protection. In India, photographs enjoy copyright protection under Section 2 (c) i of the Copyright Act, 1957 , which mentions the certain types of artistic works granted copyright protection in India.