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Russian Cinemas Are Showing Pirated Movies Downloaded From Torrents

TorrentFreak

Russia’s Cinema Industry Sounds Alarm Bells. In the wake of Hollywood’s unprecedented suspension of new releases, Russia’s Association of Cinema Owners issued a powerful statement. Whether any was given is unclear but in the meantime, some cinemas have been taking drastic action to put people in seats.

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Publisher Suing YouTube For Piracy Sells ‘Retold’ Version of Prince Harry’s Book

TorrentFreak

As previously reported , that has caused huge issues for the cinema industry and beyond. Plea to Foreign Publishers, Fears Over Piracy Controlling around 30% of the Russian market, Eksmo-AST is Russia’s largest publisher. Eksmo told TASS that permission from copyright holders is not required for retelling. Plagiarism?

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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

Remuneration of authors under French copyright law before the 2021 Order. There are two possible forms of remuneration under French copyright law: royalties based on the revenues deriving from the exploitation of the work, and, as an exception to this rule, fixed royalties in the form of a lump sum.

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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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Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on Rights of Authors

SpicyIP

This landmark decision recognizes the rights of the authors, which were long overdue and often neglected, despite being enshrined under the Copyright Act via the 2012 amendment. It is now absolutely clear that authors are now entitled to royalties for the commercial use of sound recordings, except when screened in cinema halls.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

SpicyIP

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. On March 13, the Delhi High Court granted an ex parte interim injunction in Markets and Markets Research Pvt. Meticulous Market Research Pvt.

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