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Prompt Authorship and Ownership: Clarifying Rights and Responsibilities

Intepat

The nature of Prompts can be understood as Literary Works which is defined in Section 2(o) of the Copyright Act, 1957, as it includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer databases. For a prompt to be protected under copyright law, it must meet the criteria of originality and fixation.

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What principles should guide African governments in realising the right to research in Africa?

The IPKat

Copyright law, with its protection of materials ranging from literary, musical and artistic works to cinematograph films and computer programs, etc. Access, within the field of copyright law, is a question of ownership, authorisation or exception. organises access to some or even most of these resources.

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On repatriation: Questions of copyright ownership and management of repatriated cultural heritage materials

The IPKat

In July 2022, the Governments of Nigeria and Germany executed a Joint Declaration regarding the repatriation to Nigeria of ancient Benin bronzes looted during the colonial era. His work alludes to important questions about the propriety of embodying ownership and control of cultural heritage materials in a federal government agency (i.e.,

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License to Build: The Importance of License Terms in Design Agreements

JD Supra Law

Many professionals in construction and property development are well versed in contract law, safety regulations, insurance law, and the like. Yet the law that governs ownership and use of architectural works—principally, copyright law—often is not well known even among seasoned veterans of development and construction.

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Right to Research (“R2R”): An Independent Right with an Imposed Dependence in Copyright Law?

SpicyIP

Right to Research (“R2R”): An Independent Right with an Imposed Dependence in Copyright Law? However, a full-fledged discussion around whether a ‘Right to Research’ exists in India, whether it be internal, or external to Copyright laws seems largely absent. a user right under copyright law. Lokesh Vyas.

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Trump Can't Own All The President's Words, Woodward Says

IP Law 360

Acclaimed journalist Bob Woodward urged a federal judge on Monday to toss former President Donald Trump's suit over recordings of him used in an audiobook, arguing that the litigation is an extension of Trump's "everything is mine" approach to the presidency even though copyright law prohibits private ownership of government works.

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The Good Get: Interviews, The Predicates Of Copyright Ownership, & Divorcing Subjects From Owning Copyright Content

LexBlog IP

That then plays off the rest of the title’s allusions to separating “subjects” from the “predicates” of copyright ownership, themselves words connoting the foundational elements of both “ any complete sentence ” and at times a court’s jurisdiction over infringement matters. ” H.R.