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Copyright-A Bane For The Students Or A Boon For Copyright Owners?

IP and Legal Filings

Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right. If copyright protection is applied rigidly, it will hamper progress of the society. Along a similar line, the USA also offers blanket licensing through the national RRO (Reproduction Rights Organization). The number suggests its misery.

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Introducing a zero-embargo Secondary Publication Right in Bulgaria

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Typically, in the case of scholarly publications, authors are publicly funded through payment under a standing contract with a university or research institute, or through project funding, including EU funding. Pre-existing Bulgarian provision The SPR is not an entirely novel concept to Bulgarian copyright law. of the Directive.