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St. Art Foundation v. Acko General Insurance: Decoding Street Art, Fair use and Moral rights

SpicyIP

52(1)(t) and ‘moral rights’ of the author in such work. Lastly, I will discuss the argument of moral rights of the author in contending the ‘fair use exemption’ of their work. As a corollary, it also asserted ‘moral rights’ over the mural under Sec. 166 of Create, Copy, Disrupt). 57 of the Act.

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Conundrum Involving The Ownership Of The Work Created By Ai

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Any literally or artistic work that is original and creative i.e.; not copied from anywhere by the owner is protected under Copyright Act, 1957. Issues There are many issues in granting ownership to AI. It isn’t practical to allow ownership to the AI.

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IPSC Panel 14 – Copyright Authorship & Ownership

43(B)log

Twain thought he should have ownership of his lectures—“my lecture was my property.” Twain gave her a signed & inscribed copy after publication, which descendants donated to UMd decades back. It’s not clear that giving Cord’s estate ownership would be social justice, but that’s a question worth asking. Seems unlikely.

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Book review: Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship

The IPKat

And who poses moral rights in the work? McDonagh discusses the emergence of the author figure as the owner of a dramatic work by analysis of authorship and ownership of plays from the Elizabethan period up to the early twentieth century. In what circumstances can a director or actor be granted joint-authorship with the writer?

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Crypto Group Buys Dune Book, Confuses it for Buying the Rights

Plagiarism Today

million ($3 million) acquiring a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune. With previous ones selling for around €25,000 ($28,000), their copy cost more than 100 times the going rate. Many copies of the book are already easy to access just through a simple search. In other nations, moral rights may prohibit that.

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Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

When the said sensor recognizes it is in front of the Ara Pacis, it gives the order to copy the colored reproductions of some parts of the Ara Pacis, stored in a cloud-based database, and display them on the screen of the goggles. When copyright is involved, both economic and moral rights issues are at stake.

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Analyzing relationship between Contemporary art and Intellectual Property Rights

IIPRD

In a world where information can be disseminated in the blink of an eye thanks to technological advancements, it is a difficult task to ensure that the original artists retain ownership of their creations amid the explosion of available works and the emergence of vastly varied creative forms.