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Analyzing relationship between Contemporary art and Intellectual Property Rights

IIPRD

Image Sources: Shutterstock] Protecting such outstanding works of art and property through the use of intellectual property law is undeniably a sound strategy. in addition to protecting the rights of creators, such legislation may help ensure that artists are compensated fairly for their efforts.

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The Five Essential Copyright-Related Terms You Need to Know

Kashishipr

The copyright owner or holder has the right to control who uses his creative work and the contexts in which the said work could be used. The concept of copyright is twofold since it covers both economic and moral rights. It involves their exclusive right to control and make copies of their creative works.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

With this brief background in mind, this blog post explores the implications of copyright protection of memes. In this blog I argue that copyright protection of the content underlying memes does not matter because of the relative weakness of enforcement mechanisms for copyright infringement of this scale. Zywicki & Thomas J.

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

However, the conversation being considered as a contract between them was unclear regarding the IP rights. The creator was vague in terms of rights that they will keep in terms of moral rights or was it an implied license as terms were not clearly stated though there was a transaction. 4] Andrew L. 2d 119 (2d Cir.

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Anil Kapoor Vs Simply Life India & Ors: An Unwavering Assurance In Safeguarding Personality Rights Against Ai

IP and Legal Filings

Protecting personality rights has become a growing problem in India due to deepfakes, morphed pictures, etc. In between these problems came Delhi High Court’s judgement in favour of Anil Kapoor wanting to get personality rights. It is challenging to legalise rights to one’s personality or image.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In order to bring readers up to date on earlier developments, over the next few days we will be republishing in four parts an article (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law from 2015 to 2019 organised by topic. This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights.

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[Guest post] Could your beliefs about copyright be protected under the Equality Act?

The IPKat

As IP aficionados, many readers of this blog will have strong views about the proper scope of copyright law. Can and should those beliefs be protected under the Equality Act 2010, protecting copyright believers against discrimination in employment law and in the exercise by public authorities in their functions?