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All you want to know about Registration of Copyright

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Copyright has been referred to as the creation of a statute under the private property of law that has its subsistence in the various types of works. The law governing the regime of copyright in India is the Copyright Act of 1957. Procedure to be followed for copyright registration.

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The US Copyright Office Clarifies that Copyright Protection Does Not Extend to (Exclusively) AI-Generated Work

IPilogue

In March 2022, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) allowed its first artificial intelligence (AI)-authored copyright registration of a painting co-created by the AI tool, RAGHAV Painting App (“RAGHAV”), and the IP lawyer who created RAGHAV, Ankit Sahni. RAGHAV is the first non-human “author” of a copyrighted work.

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AI and Copyright: A Reply to Matt Hervey

Kluwer Copyright Blog

It does seem a bit one-sided in making it sound (to me, anyway) like people, governments or courts who oppose copyright protection of AI-generated works are fighting a rear guard battle and that at some point copyright protection of such works will almost “naturally” happen. Copyright Act, R.S.C.

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The Copyright Society Debate: Should Actors Get Royalty?

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Copyright, much like other IPs, have aimed at not only protecting someone’s right, but also enabling them to garner maximum commercial exploitation from such an exclusive right over their unique creations. Royalties are shared equally with the author(s) and assignee of copyright, eg.

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Copyright Infringement and Music

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. However, if such streaming of copyrighted music is done without obtaining license from the copyright holder, then it amounts to copyright infringement. Copyright involves the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the original work.

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THE COLOMBIAN COPYRIGHT AGENCY ANALYSES AI-CREATED WORKS AND PROVIDES AN INITIAL APPROACH TO THE PROTECTION UNDER COPYRIGHT LAWS

LexBlog IP

In Colombia, the copyright registration agency, National Direction of Authors, has the authority to determine, on a case-by-case basis, if a particular creation complies with the requirements to be awarded the protection set forth by copyright regulations.

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The US Copyright Office Clarifies that Copyright Protection Does Not Extend to (Exclusively) AI-Generated Work

IPilogue

RAGHAV is the first non-human “author” of a copyrighted work. However, Canadian courts claim that “[c]learly a human author is required to create an original work for copyright purposes” (para 88). However, Canadian courts claim that “[c]learly a human author is required to create an original work for copyright purposes” (para 88).