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My Concerns with the ‘Can’t Be Evil’ NFT Licenses

Plagiarism Today

Last month, a study published by The Galaxy examined the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and found that, despite many understanding that NFTs transferred either the copyright or the license in the original work, only 1 in 25 of those projects even attempted to do as such. Understanding the “Can’t Be Evil” Licenses.

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When Doors Close, A Market Grows: Museums, COVID-19, and Cultural Digitisation

IPilogue

Brankov explains that museums can ensure compliance with copyright legislation while protecting against the risk of liability resulting from third-party actions by providing an appropriate “terms of use” section on their website. However, many of the masterpieces housed by museums are in the public domain.

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

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding Nigeria's Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to copyright as movable property.

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Conundrum Involving The Ownership Of The Work Created By Ai

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Any literally or artistic work that is original and creative i.e.; not copied from anywhere by the owner is protected under Copyright Act, 1957. Making AI as a separate legal entity may prompt to copyright infringement to those who provide the said data or information in public domain.

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Metadata Ruling Gives YouTube a Timely Boost in Content ID Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

This metadata can be useful to copyright holders, from conveying something as simple as their name and website address to management and monitoring functions. The DMCA recognizes metadata (and other related marks) as Copyright Management Information (CMI) when “conveyed in connection with” a creative work. Code § 1202(a) and (b).

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Cardinals Of Intellectual Property Rights (Part- II)

IP and Legal Filings

PART 2: of the blog gives a detail about Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets. Copyright gives protection to expressions only and not to ideas. Broad classification of ‘works’ which are protected by copyright are-.

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Taking the Mona Lisa Effect from Illusion to Reality: Enhancing the Museum Experience with Augmented and Virtual Reality

JIPEL Copyright Blog

Perhaps one of the most salient legal issues is whether there is copyright infringement or a violation of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (“VARA”) in the virtual modification (e.g., addition of written or pictorial elements) of a work not in the public domain and/or where the creator is still alive.