Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 5, 2023
It is a common practice to make copies of deteriorating or far away cultural heritage. As of 2022, it is not even a new idea to use digital methods to copy heritage, considering that the mass digitisation of cultural heritage, especially books, started more than two decades ago. Photo by awsloley via Pixabay.
SpicyIP
JULY 1, 2021
In this post, I look at the question of the government’s copyright ownership in State Board textbooks, and its implications on access to knowledge and education. Government’s Role as Publisher and Copyright Owner. Printed copies, adaptations or publications with new material would only widen the dissemination of these works.
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Erik K Pelton
APRIL 10, 2023
The following is an edited transcript of my video “The 5 Ws of Copyright Registration” The five Ws: Who, What, When, Where, and Why. I want to apply that to copyright registration Who can register a copyright? It is the owner of the work who generally would register a copyright. When to register a copyright?
43(B)log
MAY 19, 2023
Wowwee sells a line of dolls called “My Avastars,” which plaintiffs allege were “copied directly from Roblox’s Classic Avatars.” The court found copyright infringement adequately pled as to several figures, although substantial similarity was a “close issue.”
IPilogue
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.
The IPKat
AUGUST 31, 2022
Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh? Ownership of IP In a recent curious example, Spice DAO paid $3 million for an original 1975 copy of the Dune bible by Alejandro Jodorowsky. A company may, however, own a copyright in an author’s work.
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 2, 2022
Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . Copyright Office. The payment beyond excessive.
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