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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.

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Canada’s First AI-Authored Copyright Registration Paints a Picture of Uncertainty

IPilogue

In September 2021, the IPilogue reported that India’s copyright office recognized the RAGHAV Painting App (“RAGHAV”), an artificial intelligence (“AI”) tool, as an author of the copyright-protected artistic work, Suryast.

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How A Century-Old Insight of Photography Can Inform Legal Questions of AI-Generated Artwork (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

A new breed of artists is using generative artificial intelligence tools like DALL·E, Midjourney, Firefly, and ChatGPT to create artistic works. Do these creations belong to the artists or the public domain? Do creators who use generative AI maintain copyright in their creations? By guest blogger Prof.

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Conundrum Involving The Ownership Of The Work Created By Ai

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Any literally or artistic work that is original and creative i.e.; not copied from anywhere by the owner is protected under Copyright Act, 1957. Therefore, AI may not equipped for generating an original work. The subordinate work created by the creator should have a few recognizable highlights and flavour.”

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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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Intellectual Property Rights And Darwinism In E-Commerce

IP and Legal Filings

With evolution and development in recent trends and creations, every person got the right to protect their artistic creativity by acquiring intellectual property rights to save their invention from being violated by the competition present in the market. The World Intellectual Property Organization administers both accords (WIPO).”.

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WIPIP 2022, Session 6 (TM)

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Summary of current treatment: Although courts have often referred to “expressive” or “artisticworks as shorthand for the scope of Rogers, they have applied it to speech that quali?es TM bullying w/ a public domain quilt, claiming rights over “Dear Jane” as quilt/software. What to do next? Why does she believe it’s hers?