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Lights Camera Action : Role Of Intellectual Property In Indian Cinema

IIPRD

A growing number of daily releases makes India’s copyright laws particularly important in. Copy right and Indian cinema. 8] Indian Copyright Act 1957, s 19(10). [10] The post Lights Camera Action : Role Of Intellectual Property In Indian Cinema first appeared on IIPRD. Introduction. 3d 247 (2d Cir.

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Russia’s Forced Licensing Plan For ‘Enemy’ Content “Legalizes Piracy”

TorrentFreak

As a result, new US-owned movies dried up, leaving the entire Russian cinema industry in crisis. Some venues began screening pirated movies downloaded from torrent sites but the move was criticized by local cinema groups who were saddened by a return to the unlicensed entertainment “dark days” of 30 years ago.

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Role of Intellectual Property in Entertainment Industry

IIPRD

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. Copy Right Law in the Entertainment Industry The cornerstone of intellectual property protection in the entertainment sector is copyright law.

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CDSM: French transposition Order annulled to the extent that it does not provide for ‘appropriate’ remuneration for authors

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Article 20 provides for a mechanism to adjust the financial situation if the exploitation of the work ultimately shows that the initial contract is not fair for the author. Remuneration of authors under French copyright law before the 2021 Order. The implementation of the CDSM into French law. and certain specific rules.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

” They argued that had Twain really written the book, Clemens’ estate would own the copyright and Harper would have the exclusive right under contract to publish it. The case is New Line Cinema v. Cinema Secrets (2000). The 13 spookiest, Halloweeniest copyright cases that I could think of. BMG (1988).

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[Guest post] Craftsman vs visionary – the Kippenberger authorship dilemma in copyright

The IPKat

Wanting to make a statement, he hired an advertising company which hand-painted advertisement tabloids for cinemas. Paris Bar (Variante 3) The legal issue The relationship between art, artists and their “helping hands” is one that goes down to the very roots of copyright law, and the beginning of art itself.

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Miramax, Tarantino and a Fight Over Bright Shiny Objects

Copyright Lately

While the Copyright Act gives the copyright owner the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute a digital file containing a copyrighted work, there’s no such thing as the “exclusive right to mint an NFT” as far as copyright law is concerned. This is, after all, supposed to be a copyright case.

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