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Sci-Hub Founder’s High Court Creativity Fails to Dismiss Publishers’ Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

From a cold, legal perspective, a 2020 blocking application filed by publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society should’ve been straightforward. On one hand, unauthorized mass copying and distribution of movies, TV shows, and music is widely recognized as copyright infringement. Today, most run relatively smoothly.

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Who holds copyright in 3D copies of repatriated cultural heritage?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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.

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Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility

SpicyIP

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. The government’s role as a publisher can allow it to set affordable prices and distribute widely. Image from here.

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Guest Book Review: Owning Performance | Performing Ownership: Literary Property and the Eighteenth-Century British Stage

The IPKat

To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a book about authors, drama, or publishing before the modern era will likely have been written by a scholar of literature and culture rather than by a legal researcher. This was especially so since protection under the 1710 statute did not extend to performance.

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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. Hence, ownership is not granted to the AI.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. It is authorized by the federal Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA).

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3 Count: Spare Time

Plagiarism Today

1: Major Publishers Sue Shopify, Alleging Copyright Violations. First off today, Suzanne Smalley at Inside Higher Ed reports that five major textbook publishers have teamed up to file a lawsuit against Shopify over allegations that the ecommerce platform is enabling rampant piracy. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.