The IPKat
APRIL 8, 2022
And, while the copyright laws were used to try to keep the film from public view, ultimately it failed, to the continuing benefit of cinematic creation. The tale of Nosferatu shows the sometimes-uneasy relationship between copyright protection and the making of derivative works. Enter the copyright laws.
Copyright Lately
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The case is New Line Cinema v. Cinema Secrets (2000). In 1999, Cinema Secrets licensed the right to sell a Michael Myers Halloween mask from the film’s copyright owner. This prompted a lawsuit by Don Post Studios, which asserted that the Cinema Secrets mask was a copy of its own mask. BMG (1988).
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SpicyIP
MAY 23, 2024
Surabhi is a recent graduate from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. She is interested in IPR, media, and tech laws and wants to pursue a career in IP and allied areas. 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.
Copyright Lately
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
Miramax claims, among other things, that the preparation and sale of these derivative works constitutes copyright infringement because the contractual rights Tarantino reserved in his 1993 agreement with Miramax don’t cover NFTs. The breathless media reports soon followed. This is, after all, supposed to be a copyright case.
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