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When a vampire not called Dracula bested the copyright system, and what it tells us about derivative works

The IPKat

And, while the copyright laws were used to try to keep the film from public view, ultimately it failed, to the continuing benefit of cinematic creation. The tale of Nosferatu shows the sometimes-uneasy relationship between copyright protection and the making of derivative works.

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

Any works that received copyright prior to 1989 had different requirements and durations, including having a copyright notice, i.e. © Steve Schlackman (1975). For any works created before 1989 and 1924, use the flowchart below.

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Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Art Law Journal

Any works that received copyright prior to 1989 had different requirements and durations, including having a copyright notice, i.e. © Steve Schlackman (1975). For any works created before 1989 and 1924, use the flowchart below.

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Once a work was published, state law was divested, and one of two things happened. If the work was published with proper copyright notice, it received a federal statutory copyright. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain.

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