The IPKat

JANUARY 17, 2024

The book that is going to change copyright law? Unlike the Swedish and German referrals, the Romanian one has not been made in the context of a dispute concerning works of applied art (which is refreshing), but rather in relation to the protectability of a critical edition of a work. Călinescu , C-649/23.

Derivative Work 137

Derivative Work Editing Copyright Music 137

Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

Derivative Work 107

Derivative Work Copyright Law Copyright Law 107

The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2022

Beyond the obvious attempt to draw a connection between the artwork and the book based a shared sense of the "classical", the artwork also seeks to evoke a more specific connection with the contents of the book. You can't judge a book from its cover". True, except when a book and its cover are involved. But of course.

Art 134

Art Artwork Copying Moral Rights 134

Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

One core concept in AI-relevant cases that both find for, and against, fair use ( Google Books and Fox v. It is somehow different from the right to make transformative derivative works (where the word “transformed” is used in Section 101 ) such as film adaptations of books, which clearly require copyright owner consent.

Litigation 98

Litigation Fair Use Copying Derivative Work 98

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Fair uses tend to divide into buckets: justified by new work; justified by project. New work: Derivative work or embedding work: Cambpell v. Use is justified by context of being placed in new work. The parodic context has to remain for the work to remain a fair use.

Fair Use 59

Fair Use Derivative Work Copying Marketing 59

The IPKat

JANUARY 4, 2023

The basic mechanism of the modern author is regulating reproduction of the work (the subject matter of copyright) and preventing affronts to the work and the author's connection with it (the subject matter of moral rights). In the word so favored by the Academy, "contextualization" matters.

Moral Rights 96

Moral Rights Derivative Work Licensing Intellectual Property 96