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Section 22 Vs Section 26 And Section 27: The Contrasting Sections Of Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction It is an established notion that in case of a cinematograph film (Section 26) or a sound recording (Section 27), the Copyright stays for as long as 60 years, while literary or musical works enjoy Copyright for the lifetime of author and 60 years thereafter (Section 22).

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What Is (and Isn’t) Protected by Copyright?

Velocity of Content

Where copyright protection begins and ends Employees consume and share copyrighted materials all day long. However, routine content exchanges such as sharing published reports, articles and other information found on the Web, have copyright implications, which can expose companies to a greater risk of infringement. In the U.S.,

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45 Years Ago Today, a New US Copyright Act Became the Law of the Land

Velocity of Content

The Copyright Act of 1976 became Public Law number 94-553 on October 19, 1976 and went into effect (as scheduled) as Title 17 of the United States Code on January 1, 1978. The new Copyright Act was the fourth general revision of copyright law since the original Act of 1790.

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The Copyright Legacy of Martin Luther King

Copyright Lately

had a dream—and a copyright. The answer, my friends, is copyright. Yes, in addition to being a noted clergyman and civil rights leader, Dr. King was a copyright litigant. The New York Times reported on Dr. The New York Times reported on Dr. Martin Luther King’s copyright lawsuit over “I Have a Dream” in 1963.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. But that undersells the level of inconsistency in courts’ interpretations of the law of copyright preemption. — Of course, no state law claim is exactly the same as a copyright claim.

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Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Copyright: WIPO. Restrict the treaty’s terms to apply only to traditional broadcasting–linear radio and television broadcasting and cablecasting. No amendment offered in public session. No amendment offered in public session. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. International License. 5- National Treatment Paragraph 5.2

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Copyright Evidence: 21 for 2021 (a year in review)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

When we launched the Copyright Evidence Portal , our ambition was no less than to create a catalogue of all existing empirical studies about copyright. We invited experts to offer a synthesis of empirical evidence catalogued on the Evidence Portal in response to 21 topical copyright questions of importance for the 21 st century.