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Generative AI and Copyright

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In doing so, it calls into question a fundamental assumption of many traditional intellectual property (IP) frameworks as copyright laws only protect works created by humans and not AI. And if someone substantially edits AI-generated data and claims copyright on the edited work, they could potentially qualify for copyright protection.

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[Guest Post] Copyright as movable property: Constitutional issues with Nigeria’s Copyright Act 2022

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If the right to something depends on a contract, or a statute explicitly creating it (e.g., copyright), can one call such a constitutional right? copyright law. Would it automatically place works compulsorily acquired in the public domain or only transfer ownership to the government?

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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

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The copyrights Act includes computer programmes and electronic communication, however this has been viewed as a grey area. Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law. iii] NFTs are limited to having a single owner.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

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Development of Copyright Law Protection of Intellectual property rights has always been in existence among various sections of the society. At international level, Berne Convention was the first major convention established in 1886 to govern copyright, and USA became a signatory to Berne in 1989.