article thumbnail

Can authors waive their right of attribution?

The IPKat

While it appears to be easier to waive moral rights in common law countries, the continental European tradition is more focused on protecting the author’s personality rights, which encompass moral rights. The right of attribution is particularly important for photographers and their licensees.

article thumbnail

Why Moral Rights are Dead Serious: Preserving the Posthumous Moral Right of Integrity – Part I

SpicyIP

are typically objected to on the grounds of personality rights (publicity rights, celebrity rights, by other names), privacy and (to a limited extent) defamation. Conflicts on unauthorized biopics (for example, Fred Astaire , Gene Kelly , Sushant Singh Rajput ), unreleased works, endorsements, holographic tributes etc.,

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Media Laws, Rights & Privacy Of Celebrities

IP and Legal Filings

CONTRACTUAL ISSUES Various contracts are signed and executed by various performers/artists and stakeholders. These agreements include the following: ● Artist agreement – When an artist does business with a company, an agreement is made between the parties because art is inherently subject to many Intellectual Property issues.

Privacy 73
article thumbnail

Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

Case Study 2- Cristiano Ronaldo (6) In mid-June of 2015, Cristiano Ronaldo sells his image rights to Peter Lim, who is the owner of Mint Media Company and opposing La Liga club Valencia. 4] Copyright Act 1957 [5] Sports.ndtv.com/football/bastian-schweinsteiger-sues-hong-kong-company [6] Indiatoday.in/sports/singapore-billionaire-acquires-ronaldo-image-rights

article thumbnail

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

IP and Legal Filings

ABSTRACT There has been a dramatic increase in the commercial use of celebrity personalities by people not authorized to do so compared to the earlier times. Protecting personality rights has become a growing problem in India due to deepfakes, morphed pictures, etc. Interesting right? Puttaswamy v.

article thumbnail

SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 12 – 18)

SpicyIP

Pandemic Push: Royalty-Based Business Model for Better Downstream Revenue for Musicians. She highlights that the emphasis is on investing only in royalty revenue and not buying the artist’s rights or retaining control over their work. Other Posts. No Injunction on the Film ‘Nyay: The Justice’: Is It Really Just?

article thumbnail

[Guest post] China’s path to regulating facial recognition technology

The IPKat

Already enacted and practically significant , but legally non-binding is the “Personal Information Security Specification” of 2020, which similarly categorises “facial recognition features” as sensitive personal information and requires explicit, unbundled consent and specific security measures.