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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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Conundrum Involving The Ownership Of The Work Created By Ai

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Firstly, Originality, Section13 of the said act, to claim ownership over work (literally, musical, dramatic) created by AI, originality in work is an essential component, that can be detected by originality tests. Also, Moral rights of the creator is given in under Section 57 of the said act, are not relevant to the Artificial Intelligence.

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The Wonder That is Berne

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A longtime friend of the blog, Achille is currently serving as an Advisor to the Board of the Indian Performing Right Society. With over 35 years of experience in the creative industries, Achille pioneered music publishing in India with Deep Emotions Publishing in 1996 and has also served as a public servant in France.

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

The IPKat

Before the enactment of the new Act, the status of copyright as movable property under Nigerian law was uncertain, as the Nigerian Constitution lacks explicit definitions for "movable" and "immovable" property. Unfortunately, in cases like Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria Limited (MCSN) v. copyright law.

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WIPIP Session 8 (copyright)

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Copyright Law Why are we so sure facts are excluded from the statute when the statute doesn’t use that word and uses a lot of other words. Karp agrees that (c) is not like land, which preexisted the public domain and was acquired and distributed by gov’t. (c) Natural or moral right to own fruit of labors.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

The IPKat

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).