Kluwer Copyright Blog
APRIL 29, 2024
Image via Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Public Domain Mark 1.0 In this context of international and EU legal obligations to protect cultural rights, the EU has set a legal imperative to protect the public domain.
Copyright Lately
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine—but you’re not alone: An avalanche of copyrighted works will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. public domain on January 1, 2024—and that’s a shame. copyright lapse for A. copyright terms. copyright terms.
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Copyright Lately
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
A new crop of copyrighted works (including rights in a certain famous British detective) will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023. public domain on January 1, 2023. There’s no indication that Hulu’s decision was influenced by the copyright status of The Hardy Boys ’ titular characters.
LexBlog IP
JANUARY 31, 2024
In the United States, an original work of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression (meaning the work can be communicated in a visual or audio form) is a protectable copyright. Because copyright protection has a set term, copyrights in certain works necessarily expire each year and enter the public domain.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
APRIL 5, 2023
Opposing the claimants’ arguments, Ravensburger challenged the cross-border application of Italian law, alleging that the claims conflict with article 14 of Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive since they attempt to unlawfully impose property assertions on public domain works. 633/1941, l.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Voices emerged questioning whether current EU copyright laws should be amended in light of the many AI-generated works that have come about. One important question has been whether copyright law should be extended in order to protect such works. In this upcoming paper, this author takes a different approach to this hot topic.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 14, 2023
For example, according to the Guidelines, a university press has to pay the Public Sector (Ministry of Culture or public museum) for the reproduction, in a book, of images of public cultural property. In particular, under EU law the Italian public cultural property seems to be inconsistent with art.
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